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Russian technology companies are producing a vast array of new tools to help the Kremlin harness the internet and tighten control over internal dissent, says an investigative report released by The New York Times on July 3. asiaplustj.info »
Russian authorities have arrested Tajik blogger Junaidullo Khudoyorov at Tajikistan's request, his brother told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi on June 25, adding that the activist may face illegal incarceration and arbitrary prosecution if extradited to Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
As part of his working visit to Tajikistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister in charge for construction and regional development Marat Khusnullin today met in Dushanbe with Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasoulzoda. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s Consul General in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg Zafar Sayyidzoda has held talks with Igor Kolganov, the director of one of departments Russian freight transport company, KIT, to discuss issues related to employing citizens of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday, June 19, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, who is also Co-Chairman of the Joint Tajik-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for trade and Economic Cooperation. asiaplustj.info »
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 »
The Russian authorities have extended the list of occupations for simplified citizenship. The list has increased to 203 occupations. The Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation has extended the list of occupations and qualifications simplifying for foreigners and stateless persons to obtain the Russian citizenship. asiaplustj.info »
Dozens of families in Central Asia have received the bodies of their loved ones killed in Ukraine fighting alongside Russian forces since Moscow's full-scale invasion began. A survey conducted by the BBC’s Russian Service says at least 93 citizens of Central Asia’s countries have been killed in Ukraine fighting alongside Russian forces. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian authorities have decided to involve students in rebuilding the city of Mariupol, which was destroyed and occupied by the Russian army. Russia’s state-run news agency TASS cited Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova as saying that brigades of Russian university students will be sent to restore infrastructure in Mariupol. asiaplustj.info »
The Deputy Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, considers it necessary to eliminate gaps in the country’s legislation and provide for mechanism for teaching foreigners’ children the Russian language depending on their knowledge of the Russian language, RIA Novosti reported on June 6. asiaplustj.info »
Laborers and students from Tajikistan living in Russia are well used to suffering abuse at the hands of Russian law enforcement officers. Politicians and officials in Russia have lately been making ever-more vocal calls for Tajiks with dual citizenship to enlist in the army. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday, June 6, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon received visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The Tajik president’s official website says the parties discussed the current state and prospects of further expansion of cooperation between Tajikistan and Russia within the framework of the strategic partnership. asiaplustj.info »
TASS reports that as part of his official visit to Tajikistan, the top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov on June 6 met with young diplomats, students, journalists and representatives of expert and scientific circles of Tajikistan at the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Foreign Minister has accused the United States of actively supporting the terrorist groups in Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Moscow hopes that Dushanbe will soon determine what benefits will bring it the accession to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The Russian Foreign Ministry press center says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this yesterday during a visit to the headquarters of the Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has proposed to notify citizens about the mobilization call-up via SMS. asiaplustj.info »
A two-day official visit of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Tajikistan is starting today. He is scheduled to hold talks with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to discuss topical issues related to the bilateral cooperation between the Russian Federation and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, is starting his two-day official visit to Tajikistan today. While in Dushanbe, Lavrov is scheduled to hold talks with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, says a statement released by the Russian MFA on June 4. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says nationalist calls for migrants in Russia to “pay their dues” are starting to be heard against a mounting backdrop of xenophobic sentiment. Labor migrants and students from Tajikistan living in Russia are well used to suffering abuse at the hands of law enforcement officers. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Dagestan-based companies are ready to build mini solar power plants in the highlands of Tajikistan, Interfax news agency reported today morning. asiaplustj.info »
Examination of potential migrant workers in the Russian language has begun in Dushanbe. Labor migrants have been passing the Russian language test at the Center for Pre-departure Counseling and Training of Labor Migrants, the Migration Service of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and employment of the Population (MoLMEP) since May 29. asiaplustj.info »
Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA reported on May 24 that governors of the central banks of Iran and the Russia have emphasized strengthening trade exchanges and using their national currencies in bilateral trade. asiaplustj.info »
Russian employers can be obligated to pay migrant workers no less than citizens of the Russian Federation Russian media reports say leader of “A Justice Russia – For Truth” Party Sergey Mironov has made a number of proposals regarding the rights of foreign workers. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Galuzin, says some Central Asia’s nations are signaling that they could join Western sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian authorities are intensifying efforts to attract contractors among migrant workers from the Central Asian countries to fight in Ukraine, offering them money and other enticements. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Interior Ministry says almost 800,000 foreign nationals have been banned from entering the Russian Federation. Kommersant on May 12 cited Mrs. Valentina Kazakova, the chief of the Interior Ministry Main Directorate for Migration Issues, as saying that 797,800 foreign nationals have restrictions on entry into the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say that according to a document published yesterday on a government website, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree calling up military reservists for training in 2023. The training of these Russian citizens, who are in the armed forces reserve, is reportedly a planned annual event. asiaplustj.info »
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu orders military supplies to be kept ‘under special control’ after Wagner Group head’s video criticizing Russia’s military command for ammo shortages. asiaplustj.info »
Independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Monday (April 17) that the number of prisoners in penal colonies across 35 Russian regions decreased by 17,248 last year. According to Mediazona , the drop was likely the result of the recruitment of prisoners for the Wagner mercenary group. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says Russian recruiters are targeting Central Asian labor migrants at mosques and dormitories to join war in Ukraine. A report posted on Radio Liberty’s website on April 18 says Tajik migrant Foziljon Umarov recently applied to renew his expiring Russian residency permit in Nizhny Novgorod oblast, where he works as a bricklayer. asiaplustj.info »
Russian airline Utair is expected to launch a new air route from Russia to Tajikistan starting form the next month. According Utair’s press center, the airline will operate twice-weekly services – on Wednesdays and Sundays -- from the Russian city of Tyumen to the Tajik northern city of Khujand starting from May 3, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy Head of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) Committee on Information Policy, Oleg Matveychev, told RIA Novosti on April 4 that a draft law on designating feminism an extremist ideology is under consideration by the State Duma commission on investigating the facts of foreign interference in internal affairs of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
The Government of Russia will discuss the issue of simplifying the procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship for scholars. RBK says Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin noted this at a meeting with members of the State Duma (Russia\’s lower chamber of parliament). asiaplustj.info »
In February this year, wheat prices in Russia and Kazakhstan fell on average by 23% and 53%, respectively compared to last year's levels, Zerno On-Line reported, referring to Rosstat. This can negatively affect the supply of grain to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Some members of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) have supported the proposal to grant migration amnesty to part of labor migrants, who were deported for violation of the migration legislation. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says a group of Russians who moved to Kyrgyzstan following their country’s invasion of Ukraine are coming under escalating pressure from law enforcement in a fresh sign of how a nervous government in Bishkek is eager to avoid displeasing Moscow. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says a group of Tajik migrants working for a Russian company in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol claim their employers failed to pay them the full amount of wages they were promised in their contracts. asiaplustj.info »
REN TV says law enforcement officers in the Russian oblast of Samara are searching for a Tajik national who escaped from the settlement colony in the city of Tolyatti. The incident reportedly took place on March 9 and escape of the prisoner was discovered after midnight. asiaplustj.info »
Some members of the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament) have supported the proposal to grant migration amnesty to the labor migrants, who were deported for violation of the migration legislation. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday March 3, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who was on a two-day working visit in Tajikistan, held talks in Dushanbe with Rustam Emomali, Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament), according to the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday March 3, Tajik Prime Minister Qiohir Rasoulzoda held talks with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the parties discussed issues related to trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan, interaction in energy, industrial production, transport and culture. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon received Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who arrived in Dushanbe yesterday on a two-day working visit. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik and Russian companies signed more than 20 cooperation documents on the sidelines of the conference to discuss cooperation between the regions of Tajikistan and Russia that took place at the National Library of Tajikistan in Dushanbe on March 2. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media outlets, citing the government’s press service, report that Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in Dushanbe Thursday morning on a two-day visit. While on Dushanbe, Mishustin will hold talks with his Tajikistani counterpart Qohir Rasoulzoda. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say a regime of controlled stay to be in effect for migrants in the Russian Federation. Interfax cited the Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev as saying at the meeting in Chelyabinsk on February 16 that a draft federal law has been developed to introduce a regime of controlled stay for migrants. asiaplustj.info »
Both chambers of Russia’s parliament yesterday endorsed President Vladimir Putin’s move to suspend the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, with officials and lawmakers casting it as an eleventh-hour warning to Washington amid the tensions over Ukraine. The Voice of America ( VOA ) says U.S. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, a record number of Tajiks received Russian citizenship last year – 173,634 people, which is 69,953 people more compared to 2021. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on February 20 held a meeting with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Imangali Tasmagambetov. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, a record number of Tajiks received Russian citizenship last year – 173,634 people, which is 69,953 people more compared to 2021. asiaplustj.info »
Citing the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), the Association of Tour Operators of Russia reported on February 8 that Tajik nationals made 1. 6 million trips to the Russian Federation last year. asiaplustj.info »
