The Russian ruble has fallen, but what do migrant workers have to do with it?

2024-12-4 14:10

As it had been reported earlier, Russian MP Mikhail Matveyev has blamed labor migrants for the devaluation of the Russian ruble.  He stated on his Telegram channel that labor migrants are transferring earnings made in Russia back to their home countries, artificially driving demand for foreign currency and increasing the dollar exchange rate.

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NATO conducts drills to practice intrusion into their territory of CSTO member nations, says Russian official

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 »

2024-06-07 09:15

Putin signs decree allowing seizure of Americans’ assets to compensate for Russian property seized by Washington

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 »

2024-05-24 08:03

Pro-Western NGOs intensify anti-Russian activities in Central Asia, says Russian defense minister

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says Pro-Western non-governmental organizations have intensified anti-Russian activities in Central Asia. Shoigu yesterday delivered a statement on the occasion of the Special Operations Forces Day at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in Moscow. asiaplustj.info »

2024-02-28 08:28

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Iranian media reports say the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian charge d’affaires on December 23 in the absence of the country’s ambassador.  It handed over to the Russian diplomat a note of protest over the statement the 6th Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum issued in Morocco on December 21 on three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and the Lesser Tunb. asiaplustj.info »

2023-12-25 10:05

Ruble jumps against dollar after the Russian authorities re-impose currency controls

Russian ruble surges after the Russian authorities ordered 43 companies to prop up the slumping currency by selling some of their foreign cash Interfax reports that the Russian authorities announced on Wednesday evening that they are introducing mandatory sales of foreign currency earnings on the domestic market for the country's largest exporters for a period of six months in order asiaplustj.info »

2023-10-13 08:24

"The fascist view and the colonial attitude". Reaction to Dugin's statement that "Tajiks should adopt Orthodoxy, baptize children..."

The infamous Russian philosopher and one of the ideologists of the "Russian world" Alexander Dugin offered Tajik migrants his original formula for life in Russia. On August 16, in his telegram channel, he published 8 principles under which migrant workers from Tajikistan have the right to live and work in Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »

2023-08-21 10:15

The head of the HRC proposed to ban the acceptance of children who do not speak Russian to schools of Russian Federation

Head of the Presidential Council of Russian Federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC) Valery Fadeev proposed amendments to the legislation prohibiting the admission of children who do not know Russian to schools, and implying the teaching of Russian to children from migrant families in special centers. asiaplustj.info »

2023-08-17 07:50

Russian delegation arrives in Dushanbe to discuss economic cooperation

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Husnullin, heading a Russian government delegation arrived in Dushanbe today on a two day working visit. Tajik state-run news agency Khovar says the main purpose of the visit is for the delegation to discuss with high-ranking Tajik state officials a broad range of issues related to further expansion of the bilateral economic cooperation. asiaplustj.info »

2023-06-19 12:45

Russian defense minister announces increase in combat readiness of Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

Russian media reports say Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting of the defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on August 24 that Russia is raising the combat potential of its military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and other response forces amid the developments in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »

2022-08-24 12:40

Russia allows 120,000 Tajik migrants back in

The Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation has reportedly lifted the ban on entry to the country 120,000 Tajik migrants who have committed minor offenses in Russia. TASS says Aleksey Yegorov, the chief of the Russian Interior Ministry’s representative office in Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on December 27 that Russian has allowed 120,000 Tajik migrants back in. asiaplustj.info »

2021-12-28 13:05

Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to be used in case of aggression from Afghanistan, says Russian defense minister

The Russian military bases in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will be used in protecting the borders of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) member nations in case of a direct aggression from Afghanistan, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry press center says . "Our base in Tajikistan is powerful and strong enough. asiaplustj.info »

2021-08-06 09:22

Tajik, Russian Security Council Secretaries discuss cooperation

On Wednesday April 28, Tajik Security Council Secretary Nasrullo Mahmoudzoda yesterday met here with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev. According to the press service of the Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF), the two discussed prospects of bilateral cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan in the field of security for 2021-2022. asiaplustj.info »

2021-04-29 08:57

Servicemen of Russian military base arrive in Hisor to congratulate the 109-year-old war veteran

The commander of the Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan, Colonel Sergei Goryachev, heading a delegation of the base arrived in Shohambari village in Hisor district to congratulate the 109-year-old war veteran Rashid Karimov on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad. asiaplustj.info »

2021-02-02 12:35

Russia starts vaccinating its military personnel deployed in Tajikistan

Russian has begun vaccinating servicemen of its military base deployed in Tajikistan against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  According to information from the press center of Russian 201st Military Base deployed in Tajikistan, the coronavirus vaccination campaign among the Russian military personnel deployed in Tajikistan began on January 20. asiaplustj.info »

2021-01-21 09:31

Russian interior ministry to create biometric database of Russian nationals and foreigners

Russian media reports say Russia plans to create a national biometric database to identify both citizens and foreign nationals via face recognition and fingerprints. Citing Russia's Interior Ministry, the state-run TASS news agency reported on November 22 that the Interior Ministry plans to develop the centralized biometric database in 2021-23. asiaplustj.info »

2020-11-23 13:05