The country’s most important archaeological find has been compared to Machu Picchu. Here’s how to see it At first glance, it doesn’t look like much, just a rectangular meadow in…
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Social media posts by Tajik president’s grandson unsettle ruling circles as leadership succession looms
Dushanbe 25/2 (35.71) The social networking activity of “influencer” Ismoil Mahmadzoir is causing a stir within the country’s political and security corridors. His grandfather President Emomali Rahmon is planning his…
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Warsaw, Berlin (25/3 – 80) A diverse group of Pamiri and Ismaili interest groups gathered to discuss the terror attack in Moscow. “We reject the notion this were Pamiris or…
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Mary Lawlor, UN Criticises Tajikistan Dissolution of 700 NGOs
Brussels (12/03 – 55.56) Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that the dissolution of human rights NGOs signals a deteriorating environment for civil society and human rights…
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Demand For Exorcisms On The Rise In Tajikistan And Central Asia, Despite Crackdown, Scandals
Madrid (10/03 – 21.43) Exorcism is a key source of income for Sabohiddin Shodiev, a popular cleric in his rural community on the outskirts of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.…
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Tajikistan’s Mega Hydropower Project on the Brink of Financial Turmoil
Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiraling, and to a level that is making it hard to see where…
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Tajikistan’s Troubled Water
by Mon Mauby Mon MauDubai (27/2) Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiralling, and to a level that is making it hard to…
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Mass Corruption Shaking Tajikistan
Tashkent 24/2/ (50). In Tajikistan, over 20% of the population lives in poverty, and millions of citizens have emigrated to Russia to find work. Meanwhile, a feudal elite under President…
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Iran, Tajikistan Enhance Ties With New Parliamentary Cooperation Agreement
The parliaments of Iran and Tajikistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Monday to expand cooperation between the two legislative bodies. The signing ceremony, reported by the Iranian Students’…
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Tajikistan Hands Prime Tract Of Land To President’s Relative Opponents Claim
The Tajik government has recently transferred thousands of hectares of prime land to a private company that government opponents claim is controlled by a close relative of the authoritarian president,…
