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Law enforcement authorities in Dushanbe have solved a kidnapping carried out by an organized criminal group 25 years ago, the Dushanbe Police Department reported . According to police, on the morning of January 21, 2000, unknown individuals abducted 16-year-old Manouchehr Sharipov near School No. 55 in the capital. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say former European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has been detained by Belgian police as part of a sweeping anti-fraud investigation. asiaplustj.info »
Colonel-General Izzatullo Sharifzoda, former head of Tajikistan’s Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sentences (GUIN), has died at the age of 71. He passed away on November 3 from a heart attack at a hospital in Dushanbe, according to Sayof Mizrob, editor-in-chief of the weekly SSSR , who shared the news on Facebook . asiaplustj.info »
Law enforcement authorities in Tajikistan's capital have detained a former employee of the construction firm Jamol-Basir on suspicion of large-scale real estate fraud, according to a statement from the Dushanbe Police Department. asiaplustj.info »
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison in connection with receiving illegal payments from the government of Muammar Gaddafi to fund his 2007 presidential campaign. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption under the President of Tajikistan Agency has completed its investigation into the case of T.M. Nazrizoda, the former chief of office of the head of Jaihoun district in Khatlon province, who now faces fraud charges. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz military personnel have begun installing engineering barriers on sections of the border with Tajikistan that were previously disputed . Work is underway in the area of the Kojo Kaary pass , near the village of Ak - Sai in Batken district and in the Katta - Tuz area in Leilek district , Economist reports . asiaplustj.info »
The criminal case of former Khujand State University Rector Ayub Usmonzoda, sentenced to seven years in prison, is directly connected to the case of former Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Parviz Rouzizoda, the Chairman of the Khujand City Court, Dilovar Mirzohomidzoda, told reporters in Khujand on August 8. asiaplustj.info »
During the period from 2022 to 2025, an embezzlement scheme totaling 1.245 billion somonis was uncovered within the operations of Dushanbe International Airport (DIA). Criminal proceedings have been instituted against 22 individuals, including Ismatullo Abdullozoda, the former airport director. asiaplustj.info »
Former chief sanitary inspector of the Russian Federation, Gennady Onishchenko, has called for mandatory health screenings and vaccinations for migrants before entering the country. Onishchenko suggests that Russia should negotiate with countries of origin to arrange for preliminary medical exams and vaccinations. asiaplustj.info »
Ayub Usmonzoda, the former rector of Khujand State University named after academician Bobojon Ghafourov, has been sentenced to seven years in prison on bribery charges. According to a source in the Sughd Regional Court who spoke to Asia-Plus, Usmonzoda was found guilty of accepting a large bribe from a public official under Part 4 of Article 319 of Tajikistan’s Criminal Code. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan has once again drawn attention for the turbulent fates of its former leaders. This time, former president Almazbek Atambayev was sentenced to over 11 years in prison — in absentia — marking him as the second former head of state in Kyrgyzstan to be convicted without being present in court. asiaplustj.info »
Abdusalom Tukhtasunzoda, the former mayor of Konibodom, has been found guilty of “accepting a bribe” and “fraud” and sentenced to 12 years in prison by the city court. The verdict was confirmed to Asia-Plus by the city court and the Judicial Board of Sughd province. asiaplustj.info »
Former mayor of Konibodom, Abdusalom Tukhtasunzoda, who was dismissed from the position of mayor of Konibodom in January due to transitioning to another job, has been arrested on suspicion of bribery and fraud. asiaplustj.info »
Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on October 1 officially took office as the 14th Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on October 1, 2024 after the outgoing head of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg passed a ceremonial gavel to him to mark the occasion. asiaplustj.info »
The Yekaterinburg Garrison Military Court sentenced Alexander Naumov, the guardian of a six-year-old Daler Bobiyev, the son of a migrant from Tajikistan, to five years in a general-regime colony. Daler was placed in the care of the Naumov family after his father, Khudjanoviddin Bobiyev, a citizen of Tajikistan, was convicted in Russia for theft. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports cited Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (SCNS) as saying on September 13 that the former prosecutor-general of Kyrgyzstan, Azimbek Beknazarov, was detained a day earlier on suspicion of having been involved in money laundering. asiaplustj.info »
Shamsiddin Shanbiyev, a native of Tajikistan, once played not only in Moscow “Spartak”, but also in a number of other teams, and now he is passing on his experience to the younger generation of football players. asiaplustj.info »
Former chairman of court in Shansiddin-Shohin district, Zohir Muminzoda, has been barred from working in judicial system. President Emomali Rahmon stated this yesterday at a meeting on staff changes, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Several sources told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , that former Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrohkhon Zarifi was arrested on unspecified charges last week. asiaplustj.info »
The Khatlon regional court has revised the sentence of Yusuf Solehov, the former bodyguard of one of former field commanders of the former pro-government Popular Front Khouja Karimov (better known as Commander Khouja), who is charged with participation in the murder of 23 members of one family during the civil war in Tajikistan in 1992-1997. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik president’s official website says that by president’s direction Amirjon Ubaidullo was relieved of his post of Senior Adviser at the Office of President’s Adie for Economic Issues in connection with transfer to another job. asiaplustj.info »
The Khatlon chief prosecutor’s office has expressed disagreement with the Bokhtar city court's decision to reduce the prison term Yusuf (Jourabek) Solehov, a former bodyguard of one of former field commander of the former pro-government Popular Front Khouja Karimov (better known as Commander Khouja), from 12 to 8 years, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio asiaplustj.info »
Former deputy head of Vose district in Khatlon province in charge of construction issues has been jailed for shortcomings committed by him in allocation of land. asiaplustj.info »
Citing a source within the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on January 26 that former police Colonel Akmal Yusufzoda will face trial on charges of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a university teacher. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakh media reports say the military court of the Almaty garrison sentenced Darkhan Dilmanov, former Director of the Border Service also former Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee (NSC) of Kazakhstan, to four years in prison on December 25, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Ms. Aziza Haidarova, a former aide to imprisoned judge in Bobojon-Ghafourov district court, Mr. Rustam Saidahmadzoda, has been released from prison through an amnesty. Ms. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say a prominent Russian pro-war blogger Igor Girkin, who also goes by the nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, was arrested in Moscow on July 21. CNN reports that Girkin is a former colonel in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and served as defense minister in the separatist so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
General Abdul Rashid Dostum, leader of the Junbish-e Milli (National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan) political party, has called on Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to hand over the former government army’s helicopters to National Resistance Front (NRF) fighters. asiaplustj.info »
Jamshed Saidzoda, who was relieved of his post of Chairman of Yovon District in Khatlon Province on January 11, yesterday was elected to head the People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT)’s for Khatlon Province, replacing Qiyomiddin Miraliyon. asiaplustj.info »
Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of Germany’s Lower Saxony state, was announced as Germany’s new defense minister on January 17 following the resignation of Christine Lambrecht the previous day. asiaplustj.info »
Kabul police say a former female member of Afghanistan's parliament has been killed by unknown gunmen at her home in Kabul. Hasht-e Subh reports that Mursal Nabizada, a member of parliament (MP) during the former republic regime, was killed by unidentified attackers in Kabul. asiaplustj.info »
Former chairman of the Khujand court Homidjon Muhammadzoda has been jailed for bribery. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , says the Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced Homidjon Muhammadzoda to two years in prison on November 11. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pulled out of leadership race to replace Liz Truss. CNBC says that despite being ousted from office just three months ago, some Conservative MPs had backed Johnson for the top job, and he reportedly told allies over the last couple of days that he would formally join the contest. asiaplustj.info »
The U.S. is negotiating with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to trade nearly 50 military aircraft flown across the border as the Afghan government collapsed last summer for help hunting terrorists in Afghanistan, according to two people with knowledge of the talks. The fate of the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
A former researcher of the University of Western Australia (UWA) — who is considered by authorities to be one of the Western Australia State (WA)’s most dangerous people — has admitted to inciting extremist attacks overseas, The West Australia reported on August 1. asiaplustj.info »
Former Chairperson of the Khujand City Court Homidjon Muhammadzoda and Judge Rustam Mahmadsaidzoda are suspected of taking a bribe in the amount of 2,500 U.S. dollars, Shermuhammad Shohiyon, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 14. asiaplustj.info »
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot while giving a speech in the western city of Nara, state-run broadcaster NHK said on July 8. The 67-year-old bled to death after sustaining two deep neck wounds, a doctor from Nara Medical University Hospital was cited as saying. asiaplustj.info »
Left behind after U.S. withdrawal, some former members of Afghanistan’s U.S.-trained intelligence service and elite military units have enlisted in the only force currently challenging the country’s new rulers: Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, according to The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ). asiaplustj.info »
Citing the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (GKNB), AKIpress reported on August 2 that former President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev has been brought to Bishkek. Akayev has reportedly been earlier declared wanted within the Kumtor corruption probe. asiaplustj.info »
A former member of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), who quit his political activities years ago, has been sentenced to five years in prison for being "a member of a banned extremist organization," according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
Jamshed Ziyoyev, ex-chairman of Tajprombank that collapsed under the weight of bad loans has got a lengthy jail term for embezzlement and fraud. A court in Dushanbe’s Sino district sentenced Jamshed Ziyoyev to 8 years and six months in prison in early December. asiaplustj.info »
Citing data provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), media reports say Tajikistan remains the poorest country in the post-Soviet area. Tajikistan’s average annual per capita income reportedly amounts to 833.00 U.S. dollars, which is 1. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media outlets say former Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev is on hunger strike to protest bad prison conditions. Atambayev’s defense lawyer, Zami Zhooshev told 24.rg on October 26 that Almazbek Atambayev has been transported to detention center 1 in Bishkek. asiaplustj.info »
A passenger flight this week landed at a refurbished airstrip in a far-flung former fishing town on the dried-up shores of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan – the first time that route has been used for almost 30 years, according to Eurasianet . asiaplustj.info »
A Kyrgyz court has sentenced former President Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison for the illegal release of notorious crime boss Aziz Batukayev in 2013, Radio Liberty reported on June 23. asiaplustj.info »
