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Tajikistan and Russia have reached an agreement on constructing the educational center and completing the construction of a new building for the Mayakovsky Russian Drama Theater in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Russia introduced a temporary ban on durum wheat exports until May 31, 2024, with the publication of a government decree on December 11 in an effort to ensure the country’s food security and stabilize prices. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Russia's Supreme Court ruled on November 30 that LGBT activists should be designated as "extremists". The ruling, which the judge said would be effective immediately, did not specify whether certain individuals or organizations would be affected. asiaplustj.info »
Russia's Interior Ministry is preparing a bill that would oblige foreigners entering the country to sign a "loyalty agreement" that would bar them from discrediting official policies, the TASS state news agency reported early today. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan is considering the possibility of joining the Agroexpress project, a service for the delivery of food products using accelerated container trains. asiaplustj.info »
New amendments made to Russia’s legislation are aimed against dishonest employers, Deputy Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of the Population, Ms. Shahnoza Nodiri told Asia-Plus in an interview, commenting on a new procedure requiring migrants working in Russia to notify the interior ministry of their place of work. asiaplustj.info »
Central Asian experts note that the so-called “special military operation” launched by Russia in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has caused negative economic expectations in Central Asia. However, the national economies in the region reportedly managed to survive due to high prices of natural resources, opening opportunities in trade and change in the ruble rate. asiaplustj.info »
Citing the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, Russian media reports said on November 22 that the Government of Russia has decided to lift the ban on summer grade diesel fuel exports. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his official visit to Russia, President Emomali Rahmon yesterday also met with the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin. According to the Tajik president’s official website, the parties discussed state and prospects of further expansion of trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
A Just Russia – For Truth party’s group has submitted a number of draft laws proposing to abolish the patent system for employment of foreign nationals in Russia for consideration to the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament). asiaplustj.info »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the European Union of attempting to drive Russia out of Central Asia, and said the bloc was failing, in an interview broadcast on November 12. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet notes that Tajik labor migrants in Russia are trapped in a vicious circle. The value of their ruble salaries is depreciating. The pressure of Russian bureaucracy is mounting. And there is little decent employment to be found in Tajikistan – so returning home is no option. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say a new law which makes several changes to citizenship requirements will go into effect on October 26, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) Alexander Bastrykin has suggested revoking Russian citizenship of migrants who refuse to participate in Russia's war against Ukraine. A video message from IC Head Alexander Bastrykin was posted on the Investigative Committee’s official website yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
Russian authorities have extradited to Tajikistan the brother of the director of an opposition online TV channel, according to relatives who spoke with Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , on October 9. asiaplustj.info »
POLITICO reported on October 4 that top officials from the United States and the EU met with their Russian counterparts for undisclosed emergency talks in Turkiye designed to resolve the standoff over Nagorno-Karabakh, just days before Azerbaijan launched a military offensive last month to seize the breakaway territory from ethnic Armenian control. asiaplustj.info »
The Interior Ministry of Tajikistan says the 16-year-old resident of Rasht district (Rasht Valley in eastern Tajikistan) and the 29-year-old resident of Dushanbe were arrested on September 30 on suspicion of killing and robbing another Tajik national in the Russian city of Mytishchi. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan will definitely comply with sanctions on Russia, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said yesterday following talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to RBK . asiaplustj.info »
The decision of the Russian government to temporarily ban exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries except members of the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will hardly affect Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russia has temporarily banned exports of gasoline and diesel to all countries except members of the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which include Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports says Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for a careful approach to the situation with the influx of migrants into the country. TASS reports that the moderator of the WEF session recalled the appearance in other countries of entire areas with migrants, and even the police cannot get into some of them. asiaplustj.info »
Four nationals of Tajikistan have been detained in the city of Lgov in Russia’s Kursk oblast face charges of producing, storing, selling goods and products not meeting safety requirements and negligently causing the death of a person (Article 238 (2) of Russia’s Penal Code), the judicial system’s joint press service said in Telegram on September 10. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Ministry of Defense has proposed to introduce military registration for prisoners. The draft amendments to the accounting regulations have been published on the official portal of legal acts, Radio Liberty writes. asiaplustj.info »
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is going to come to Russia in the coming days to meet with President Vladimir Putin and discuss the issue of arms supplies to Moscow, Washington says. Last week, the White House claimed that Russia is conducting secret negotiations with the DPRK on the supply of ammunition for the Russian army, which is waging war in Ukraine, writes the BBC . asiaplustj.info »
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 5. 13 million foreign citizens and stateless persons were registered for migration in Russia in the first half of 2023. Of these, there are 1. asiaplustj.info »
At least $1.2 billion worth of aircraft parts flowed to Russian airlines from May last year - when most U.S. and European trade curbs and export bans over Ukraine were in force - to the end of June this year, a Reuters analysis of the customs records shows. asiaplustj.info »
Up to a third of migrant workers may leave Russia due to the weakening of the ruble against the dollar and euro and, as a result, a decrease in income. This forecast was given by the head of the Uzbek diaspora in Moscow, Bahrom Ismailov, reports “Vedomosti”. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban authorities have ask Russia to simplify the issuance of visas to Afghans. TOLOnews tweeted on July 15 that Russia's Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, have met in Kabul with the acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Amir Khan Muttaqi. asiaplustj.info »
President Vladimir Putin has held Kremlin talks with Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass. asiaplustj.info »
A man, who, according to preliminary data, is mentally unbalanced, has set several Muslim religious books on fire at a mosque in Chegem villages, Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, RIA Novosti reported today morning, citing the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (KBR). asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law on the ratification of the protocol to the agreement with Russia on the regional grouping of troops, or regional group of forces (RGF). asiaplustj.info »
The Russian branch of Austrian lender Raiffeisen Bank International said yesterday that outgoing euro payments to banks in other jurisdictions would no longer be possible beginning on July 3, due to restrictions on correspondent banks. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Uzbekistan has reached a deal with Russia’s Gazprom to buy 2. 8 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually over the coming two years as part of a broader effort to prevent winter-time shortages. asiaplustj.info »
Three babies were repatriated from the Russian Federation to Tajikistan on June 18. These babies have reportedly been left by their mothers – nationals of Tajikistan in maternity hospitals in Russia. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty reported on June 13 that two letters obtained by it from inmates at the penal colony in the Russian city of Samara show that inmates from Central Asia are being forced to work at the penal colony-based plant to support Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
The worsening state of the Russian economy and sustained abuse from law enforcement there is pushing ever more expatriate laborers from Tajikistan to seek out alternative countries in which to find work. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Russia’s lower house (State Duma) of parliament has passed a bill gradually raising the age of conscription into Russia’s army in first reading. The State Duma passed a bill gradually raising the draft age in 2026 to 21 years of age from the current 18 years of age in the first reading on April 14. asiaplustj.info »
To-date, Tajikistan has signed agreements on regulation of recruitment of manpower from Tajikistan with a number of countries. In 2004, Tajikistan and Russia signed a government-to-government agreement on labor activities and protection of rights of nationals of Tajikistan in Russia and nationals of Russia in in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russia and Tajikistan give priority development of trade and economic ties and protection of the bilateral cooperation against the illegal Western sanctions. TASS reports that the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin noted this at a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Qohir Rasoulzoda on June 8. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) yesterday summoned Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan Semyon Grigoryev of police beating of Tajik students in the Siberian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan will use experience of Russian higher educational institutions while training personnel for its energy sector. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has extradited Madina Bondarenko, the wife of the notorious Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terror group recruiter from Tajikistan, Parviz Saidrahmonov, to the Russian Federation, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on May 13. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russia and Tajikistan have reached an agreement on mutual recognition of standards and technical regulations. A technical regulation is a document stipulating conditions that is mandatory. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say that the US and UK envoys told reporters in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, on April 25 that Kazakhstan may face consequences if it continues helping Russia evade Western sanctions. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say The State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) has approved an amendment allowing depriving the acquired Russian citizenship for “committing acts endangering national security. asiaplustj.info »
The sixth meeting of foreign ministers in the Central Asia + Russia format took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on April14. asiaplustj.info »
An online roundtable with participation of enterprises of light industry of Tajikistan and Russia’s Tatarstan Republic took place on April 10. asiaplustj.info »
Russia has denounced two agreements on pensions for military personnel of the CIS member nations that have been in force since 1992. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Russia started a joint five-day military drill near the Tajik Afghan border on April 3. asiaplustj.info »
A bill raising the age of conscription into Russia's army has been submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament). Under the bill, the draft age will rise in 2026 to 21 years of age from the current 18 years of age. asiaplustj.info »
