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The parents of five young men from Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) told Radio Liberty’s Tajiks Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , on July 1 that the sons had been arrested and are being held in a pretrial detention facility in GBAO's capital, Khorog, on unspecified charges. asiaplustj.info »
An official ceremony of the singing of an agreement on development and implementation of the cross-border unified digital platform along the route China (Xi’an) - Kazakhstan (Dostyk, Altyn) – Russia (Selyatino) will take place on the margins of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of state in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, on July 2. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports says that at least seventeen people, including 15 police officers, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s Dagestan Republic yesterday. Interfax , citing Dagestan law enforcement authorities, reports that gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in Makhachkala and Derbent cities. asiaplustj.info »
The Japanese government has put a number of companies from Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on a new sanctions list. Japan has reportedly unveiled trade restrictions against those firms over their alleged support for Russia’s war on Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The State Duma is considering several legislative amendments that will tighten control over migration. Once these amendments are adopted, migrants who violate the law will no longer be able to “live a relatively normal life while evading the state,” according to State Duma (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) members. asiaplustj.info »
The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Moscow has sent an appeal to the Russian Foreign Ministry due to problems with entry into Russian territory that Uzbek nationals face, Gazeta.uz reported on June 20. asiaplustj.info »
A bill aimed at tightening regulations on SIM card purchases for foreigners has been submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament). asiaplustj.info »
Moscow will support Afghanistan’s accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) if the Taliban movement, currently outlawed in Russia, is recognized, Zamir Kabulov, Russian special presidential envoy for Afghanistan and director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asia Department, said at a briefing on June 4, according to TASS . asiaplustj.info »
In terms of the movement of people, there seems to be a lot more coming than going in Uzbekistan these days, Eurasianet reported on June 4. Officials in Tashkent are reporting a surge in tourism and a steep decline in labor migration. asiaplustj.info »
The Foreign Ministry of the Taliban movement (officially banned in Russia as a terrorist organization), which controls Afghanistan, welcomes Russia's declared intention to establish bilateral relations, Interfax reported on May 29. asiaplustj.info »
Moscow and Tashkent have signed an accord for Russia to build a small-capacity nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, as Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, within his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 26 arrived Uzbekistan for a two-day state visit to meet with his Uzbek counterpart, Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Russian news agencies said Mirziyoyev met Putin on arrival in Tashkent in the evening and the two leaders travelled together in a single car. asiaplustj.info »
Russia’s Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has arrived in Dushanbe, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan (MFA) said on May 27. An official source within the Tajik MFA says Kolokoltsev is scheduled to hold talks with his Tajik counterpart Ramazon Rahimzoda to discuss cooperation issues, including the labor migration problems. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Foreign and Justice Ministries have reported to President Vladimir Putin that the Taliban movement (banned in Russia) can be removed from the terror blacklist, Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov told TASS in an interview on May 27. asiaplustj.info »
In statement delivered at the 4th Central Asian Conference of the Valdai International Discussion Club via videoconferencing, Russian deputy Foreign minister Mikhail Galuzin noted on May 14 that Russia is a reliable and key trading and economic partner for the Central Asian region, which is confirmed by the consistent growth of trade turnover. asiaplustj.info »
Only 4.0 percent of a total number of crimes officially registered in Russia are committed by foreigners, a candidate to the post of Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev stated on May 14 while delivering a statement at a plenary session of the Federation Council (Russia’s upper chamber of parliament), Russia's state-run news agency TASS reports . asiaplustj.info »
President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s military to test its readiness to use tactical nuclear weapons—a step the Kremlin said was a response to recent comments by Western officials, including warnings that European powers could do more to help Ukraine in its fight with Moscow. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry yesterday said it was recommending its citizens to temporarily avoid travelling to Russia. In its statement, Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry said it had not received any information about “mass refusal of entry” into Russia for Kyrgyz nationals. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has called his Tajik counterpart to explain Russia asiaplustj.info »
Russian authorities have reportedly arrested another Tajik 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 and hundreds more injured. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports, citing the Investigative Committee of the Russian federation, say Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov appeared in Moscow’s Basmanny district court on April 24 after he was detained for allegedly taking a bribe. asiaplustj.info »
Russia is reportedly preparing to recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Experts note that recognition by the Russian government of the Taliban regime is important for maintaining its positions in this important geostrategic region; for this, Moscow is ready to close its eyes to all the horrors that are happening inside Afghanistan. Gazeta. asiaplustj.info »
Despite a nationwide labor shortage, authorities in many regions of the Russian Federation have been imposing more and more restrictions on the types of jobs migrant workers can pursue. While some areas already had prohibitions in place, others began introducing bans following the arrest of four Tajikistani citizens in connection with the deadly March 22 terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian government has announced that it intends to extend its ban on the export of grain and sugar to fellow members of a trading bloc until the end of August in a move that has sparked fear of food shortages around the region. asiaplustj.info »
Russia appreciates Tajikistan’s assistance in investigating the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov stated in his welcoming speech at the presentation of the Society of Friendship with Tajikistan in Moscow on April 4, Izvestiya reports . asiaplustj.info »
Russia’s Interior Ministry has drawn up a bill on migration policy, creating legal grounds for the biometric identification of foreign nationals entering Russia and reducing the amount of time they can stay in the country temporarily to 90 days a year, the Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said. asiaplustj.info »
Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major "terrorist operation" on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said, Reuters said on April 1. asiaplustj.info »
Courts in St. Petersburg last week ruled to deport 418 foreign citizens from Russia, while another 48 people must pay a fine leave Russia on their own accord within five days after the rulings comes into force, Ms. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Tajikistan have signed an agreement on training of specialists in the field of preventing extremism among youth. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media outlets report that State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Deputy Speaker said that creation of a digital profile for every migrant worker coming to Russia is planned to track migrant's movements. asiaplustj.info »
Reuters reported on March 28 that the corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more than 107 billion US dollars in writedowns and lost revenue. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation proposes to set up a state-owned company to operate an organized recruitment of labor migrants. asiaplustj.info »
Some media outlets reports that in the wake of the March 22 assault, there has been a surge in raids on dormitories and workplaces where Central Asian migrants live and work, as well as heightened checks on migrant workers. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has approved a ban on gasoline exports for six months starting from March 1, the RBC daily reported on today, citing two sources. The temporary export ban does not apply to the agreed volumes of supplies to the Eurasian Economic Union countries, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, RBC said. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, has denied that Iran supplied Russia with ballistic missiles. Ukrainska Prvada reported February 25 that Budanov said in an interview with We Are Ukraine TV channel that none of media reports on ballistic missiles supplied by Iran to Russia is true. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday February 22, a meeting and negotiations of the official delegations of Tajikistan and the Republic of Tatarstan took place Tatarstan’s capital, Kazan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the Head of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, has signed a decree on making changes to the resolution on the list of narcotic drugs subject to state control. asiaplustj.info »
China will hold joint naval drills with Iran and Russia in the coming weeks, as Iranian-backed Houthi militias and US forces mount strikes and counter-strikes in the Middle East, scmp.com reported on February 6. asiaplustj.info »
Sergei Lankin has become the new Consul General of the Russian Federation in Khujand, the capital of Tajikistan’s Sughd province. The Russian MFA’s official website says that prior to the appointment, Sergei Lankin served as the First Secretary of Russia’s Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. . asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports, citing Russian aviation authorities and the Russian Embassy in Kabul, said yesterday four people survived the crash of a charter plane bound for Moscow in northern Afghanistan, noting that the condition of two other passengers on board was not yet clear. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) have real power in Afghanistan, even though hotbeds of tensions still remain there, and Russia maintains communication with it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said at his annual news conference devoted to reviewing Russia’s main foreign policy achievements in 2023, TASS reported on January 18. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports says the governor of Russia’s Bashkortostan republic Radiy Khabirov said yesterday that violence between protesters and police in the republic the day before was provoked by separatists living abroad. asiaplustj.info »
In a ruling handed down on January 17 the Moscow city court overturned the ruling of Moscow’s Simonov district court to refuse the arrest of Salmon Rajabzoda (Salmon Jumaboy), the blogger from Tajikistan, and the case has been sent for retrial, the Telegram channel of Moscow’s courts of general jurisdiction reports . asiaplustj.info »
With each passing year, labor migrants from Tajikistan in Russia come up against new difficulties in securing work permits and formalizing their right to live in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say China’s state-owned banks are tightening curbs on funding to Russian clients after the US authorized secondary sanctions on overseas financial firms that aid Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan is fulfilling its obligations to reduce the re-export of dual-use goods to Russia, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Trade and Integration Arman Shakkaliyev said, Interfax reported on January 11. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Russia will jointly combat the wrong use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), in particular propagation of terrorism and extremism through Internet, hacking of information infrastructure, breach of public order, incitement of enmity between the peoples and so on. asiaplustj.info »
Russia's police have detained thousands of migrants across the country in New Year's Eve raids with scores of them facing deportation, Russian media repors said on Monday. About 3,000 migrants were detained in Russia's second-largest city of St. asiaplustj.info »
Mufti Albir Krganov, Head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia, say religious leaders of Central Asia’s nations should work more actively with migrants working both in Russia and before their arrival in the country in order to prevent any wrongdoing, “now such interaction is not built,” writes TASS . asiaplustj.info »
Russia may lose its cultural identity if the culture of labor migrants attracted from abroad begins to dominate. This was stated by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at a meeting with clergy of the Moscow Diocese on December 20. asiaplustj.info »
