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The personal data of around 90% of Russia’s adult population is now publicly accessible due to data leaks, according to Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s Management Board, RBC reported on November 6. asiaplustj.info »
Since the beginning of 2024, 3,344 foreign nationals who signed contracts to participate in military operations in Ukraine have obtained Russian citizenship, Irina Volk, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, says . asiaplustj.info »
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman, Dmitry Medvedev, has urged that the enrollment of migrant children without Russian language proficiency in Russian schools be halted, TASS reports . “This situation, which is frequently discussed in areas of social service, concerns schools and other educational institutions where children are admitted despite lacking knowledge of Russian. asiaplustj.info »
The customs services agencies of Tajikistan and Russia have signed an Agreement on Establishing a Simplified Customs Corridor, the press center of Tajikistan's Customs Service says . asiaplustj.info »
Russia may ban migrants from freely entering the country and suggest use of a more "civilized model" for attracting foreign workers, Anton Kotyakov, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, told Vedomosti in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Current Time says natives of Central Asian countries and other foreigners serving their jail terms in Russian prisons and penal colonies continue to report being forced en masse to sign contracts and go to war with Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The official exchange rate of the Russian ruble to the Tajik national currency, the somoni, set daily by the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT), has fallen from 1:0. 1147 on September 27, 2024, to 1:01093 as of October 10. asiaplustj.info »
An article by Temur Umarov, posted on Carnegie Foundation (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)’s website, says the changes in migration policy serve as a striking example of how swiftly and radically the Russian government can shift its stance to a far more aggressive and brutal approach. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday October 4, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, received the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Marat Khusnullin, who is Co-chairman of the Joint Intergovernmental Commission of Tajikistan and Russia for Trade and Economic Cooperation. 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 »
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia would consider an attack from a non-nuclear state that was backed by a nuclear-armed one to be a "joint attack", in what could be construed as a threat to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
An aide to the Russian president, former Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, stated that the duration of schooling and higher education in Russia should be reduced. He made this comment during a meeting with the regional members of the Russian Military-Historical Society in Murmansk, as reported by TASS . asiaplustj.info »
In early September, from the 8th to the 10th, around 300 labor migrants and students from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan were detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. After nearly two days of waiting, Russian border guards reportedly offered these migrants and students Russian citizenship. asiaplustj.info »
The Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation has requested from the military registration and enlistment offices data on those who recently received Russian citizenship but did not register for military service, the Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk reported on her Telegram channel yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
The leadership of the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of road safety with representatives of the Russian manufacturer of metal structures of road infrastructure – OJSC “Plant Prodmash”. asiaplustj.info »
State Duma deputy, head of the Fair Russia faction Sergei Mironov proposed to introduce a temporary moratorium on granting Russian citizenship to immigrants from Central Asia, the “Parlamentskaya Gazeta” writes. asiaplustj.info »
Russian employers continue to show interest in finding employees in Tajikistan. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of Tajikistan Shahnoza Nodiri to the TASS news agency. What kind of personnel does a Russian employer need? asiaplustj.info »
In the new academic year, 117 teachers from Russia will teach in schools in Tajikistan. Last academic year there were 73 of them, the Russian House in the republic reports. The first teachers – participants of the international project of the Ministry of Education of Russia “Russian teacher abroad” – have already arrived at schools in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) yesterday approved in all three readings a bill that obliges naturalized Russian citizens to go through military registration. According to the bill, naturalized citizens who fail to register will be deprived of their Russian passports. asiaplustj.info »
Recently, the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) has been increasingly receiving proposals for reforming migration policies from various agencies. State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has previously mentioned that 25 bills related to migration control, the legal status of foreigners, and the provision of Russian citizenship are under consideration by deputies. asiaplustj.info »
Migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik says new legislation on migration adopted by Russia's State Duma this week will dramatically restrict the rights of labor migrants. Speaking to Current Time on July 25, Ms. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) propose to deport migrants at their own expense if the Russian language certificate got by a foreign citizen is found invalid. The drafted a bill on this subject and submitted it for consideration to the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament), Russkaya Gazeta reports. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has developed a draft of a new anti-extremism strategy, which includes creating a database of Russians who have left the country to join extremist organizations or receive training in “unfriendly states,” Meduza reports . asiaplustj.info »
The Central Securities Depository (CSD) of Kazakhstan said on July 11 that it had ordered brokers and management companies to divest Russian securities from their holdings by August 10. The CSD's press service said the move was necessary to adhere to U. asiaplustj.info »
Media outlets report that Russian President Vladimir Putin said on July 4 that the Taliban, a banned group in Russia, are Moscow's "allies" in fighting terrorism because they are in control of Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Moscow police have detained Alisher Ismatzoda, a coach of the Russian youth freestyle wrestling team, on terrorism charges. Russian media reports say a court in Moscow’s Shcherbinka district has granted the investigation’s petition to arrest Russian youth freestyle wrestling coach Alisher Ismatzoda. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday June 24, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon offered condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over terrorist attacks committed in Dagestan’s cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on June 23, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian ruble has lost nearly 5. 0 percent of its value against the Tajik national currency, the somoni, in one day. An official exchange rate of the somoni (TJS) against the Russian ruble (RR) set by the National bank of Tajikistan rose 4. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian government appears to be acknowledging and working to address the growing issue of Russian servicemen, particularly convict recruits, committing violent crimes once they return home to Russia. Mrs. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin sacked four deputy defense ministers on Monday, handing job to a relative. By president’s decree published on Russia’s legal acts portal, Putin's great-niece Anna Tsivilyova has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
Russia has reportedly committed to accepting migrant workers from Afghanistan and providing them with work in certain regions of the country. Citing Afghanistan’s National Radio and Television, TASS reported that acting Minister of Labor and Social Relations of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Manan Omari, said this. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say that speaking at a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of the CSTO Security Councils in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu stated yesterday that NATO continues increasing its military presence on the northern and western borders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member nations and conducts exercises to practice asiaplustj.info »
The Russian authorities are expected to abolish the status of native speaker of the Russian language for foreigners. A native speaker of the Russian language is a foreign citizen who is fluent in Russian, can easily communicate in it and uses it in everyday life. asiaplustj.info »
Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament), Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe, today met in Almaty, Kazakhstan with Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament), on the sidelines of a meeting of the Council of Parliament Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO PA). asiaplustj.info »
Over the first four months of this year (January-April), about 22,000 foreigners have been deported from the Russian Federation, which is almost twice as much as in the same period last year. Over the same four-month period, 669 people have been deprived of Russian citizenship, says an analytical report by the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
Russia and Uzbekistan have signed more than 20 cooperation documents to expand bilateral cooperation in various sectors. The signed documents include roadmaps to increase mutual trade, cooperation in the field of culture. asiaplustj.info »
An official opening ceremony of the Representative Office of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Passport-and-Visa Directorate in Dushanbe took place on May 28. The ceremony was attended by the Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population of Tajikistan, Ms. asiaplustj.info »
On Sunday May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on a state visit to hold talks with his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev to discuss issues related to further expansion of cooperation between Russia and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Belarus on May 23 for a two-day visit as part of several foreign tours to kick off his fifth term in office. Alexander Lukashenko greeted him on the tarmac, and then the two sat down for a “short conversation” at the airport, the Kremlin reported. asiaplustj.info »
In an apparent reciprocal move, Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree allowing the use of assets, valuable papers, and property belonging to the United States or to U.S. citizens in Russia to compensate for damages caused by the confiscation of assets and property belonging to Russian tycoons and the Russian central bank in the United States. asiaplustj.info »
The head of Russia’s Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeyev, has said the government should consider a ban on wearing niqabs, a traditional Muslim veil that covers the entire face apart from the eyes, in the country. asiaplustj.info »
State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) member Mikhail Matveyev (Communist Party of the Russian Federation) has proposed actually equating so-called Diasporas with foreign agents. He told RTVI in an interview on May 20 that this follows from his new version of the law on national cultural autonomies. asiaplustj.info »
One of Russia’s largest pharmaceutical enterprises – Tatkhimfarmpreparaty – is reportedly considering the possibility of starting production of medicines in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Russia’s President Vladimir Putin began a Cabinet shakeup, proposing the replacement of Sergei Shoigu as defense minister as he begins his fifth term in office. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 9 in Moscow on the sidelines of the events dedicated to the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day. The Tajik president’s official website says the heads of state congratulated each other and the people of the two countries on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the Great Victory. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has called his Tajik counterpart to explain Russia asiaplustj.info »
Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Semyon Grigoryev was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan yesterday to hand him a note of protect. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Siberia Realities reported on April 21 that nationalists have carried out “raids” against Central Asian-owned small businesses in several Siberian regions as reports of xenophobic incidents continue to rise following the deadly Crocus City Hall terrorist attack near Moscow last month. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on April 17 that Russian authorities have arrested a dual Tajik–Russian national in connection with the March 22 terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk that left more than 140 people dead. asiaplustj.info »
Military investigators jointly with representatives of military registration officers and police have conducted raids in a number of cities in Sverdlovsk oblast over the first quarter of this year to identify persons who have received Russian citizenship, but have not been registered for military service, Interfax reported on April 11, citing the Military Investigative Directorate of asiaplustj.info »
