Carnegie Moscow presents Russo-Turkish cooperation in “turbulent neighborhood” report

24.10.2014 13:41 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Carnegie Moscow Center presented the “Exploring the Prospects of Russian-Turkish Cooperation in a Turbulent Neighborhood” report compiled by the Carnegie Center and the Global Relations Forum (GRF) in Istanbul. The two organizations established a Working Group dedicated to exploring the potential fo

Few hundred Chinese, jihad and deserted square – entire village population

13.10.2014 13:40 msk Analytics Central Asia Politics Religious life Tajikistan

On 10 Oct 2014, a protest rally was planned in Dushanbe per announcements the leader of the oppositionist Gruppa 24 Umarali Kuvvatov made on social networks. The group’s plans included people taking to streets and waving “Tajikistan demands changes,” “Tajikistan without Rakhmon,” “Fair elections,” “

Uzbek-Tajik ties improving: The role Tajik plays in Uzbekistan

12.10.2014 23:11 msk Analytics Central Asia Human Rights Politics Tajikistan Uzbekistan

Statues of Alisher Navoi and Abdurakhman Jami in Samarkand. The great Turkic poet Alisher Navoi, the founder of the old Uzbek language through his creative works, was also known as the Farsi-speaking poet Alisher Fani. The great Tajik poet Abdurakhman Jami, a mentor and a friend of Navoi’s, said abo

Speak Up for success

09.07.2014 23:47 msk Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

Speak Up is part of the largest language school network in Poland, which belongs to the international capital group Empik Media & Fashion. In 2012 revenues of the Group were about PLN 3.2 billion (over 1 trillion USD).

Lack of voters secures Tajik president’s victory

11.11.2013 20:19 msk Politics Tajikistan

Voters at a polling station in Dushanbe. November 6, 2013

Uzbekistan: New Ferghana Railway Plan Tweaks Tajikistan

13.03.2013 21:31 msk Business Ferghana Valley Tajikistan Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan’s plan to build a new rail line linking Tashkent to the Fergana Valley would mean eliminating the current international route through Tajikistan, which has relied on roughly $25 million a year in transit fees. Following the break up of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan’s rail lines have become

Tajikistan: dubious efforts against torture

03.10.2012 16:57 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Yet another scandal linked to the death of a man following torture has hit Tajikistan. A resident of Gissar District Hamza Ikromzoda died in investigative detention facility (IDF) No 1 in Dushanbe. Having received the body of the deceased, his family reported finding many signs of beatings and stron

Tajik journalists attempt to defend their rights again and again

26.09.2012 23:25 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Tajikistan ’s media organisations and mass media outlets are beginning a joint action called “100 days of freedom in Tajnet”. The reasons for the joint action are regular blocks of websites and many violations of the rights of journalists.

Reporters Without Borders: Tajik opposition journalist Dodojon Atovulloev stabbed in Moscow

13.01.2012 18:12 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by the assault yesterday on the Tajik journalist Dodojon Atovulloev, who was stabbed in a Moscow restaurant, and calls on the Russian police to do all it can to identify his attacker and those behind the crime.

VOA video: World's Tallest Flagpole Towers Over Dushanbe

12.10.2011 10:19 msk Tajikistan

Internet providers in Tajikistan blocked "undesired" mass media

11.10.2010 23:34 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Tajikistan became another state of post-Soviet Central Asia that on the governmental level decided to fight against journalists and strictly filter the public access to the World Wide Web. On October 11, 2010 the leading internet providers in Tajikistan blocked the access to the number of websites o

Tajik Mowgli wants to get the passport

25.08.2010 10:15 msk Human Rights Tajikistan

Tajik Mowgli Vladimir Burkhanov, photo © Ferghana.Ru

Tajikistan: The number of divorces and lone parents is growing in concern with polygamy

21.08.2010 09:26 msk Tajikistan

According to the results of the preliminary research, ran by the Center of strategic research under the president of Tajikistan , the polygamy is getting popular in the republic. Today, about 10% of men have more than one wife. The head of social issues department Firuz Saidov informed Ferghana.Ru t

Tajikistan blames Uzbekistan in systematic violation of railroad transportation agreements

04.06.2010 10:10 msk Business Tajikistan

The problem of railway cargo transit, going from Uzbekistan to Tajikistan, has been seriously undermining the relations between two Central Asian republics for the last few months. The true reasons of difficulties, as well as the sources of their origins, are not clear. Tajik side believes the delay

Tajikistan: Men’s work for fragile women

13.01.2010 16:33 msk Business Tajikistan

Every seventh citizen of Tajikistan is a labor migrant. People go to Russia and name it "second home". Every year in early spring people pack up and go abroad, looking for earnings.

This side of Afghani border. Central Asia braces itself for attacks

02.11.2009 15:25 msk Analytics Tajikistan

The event taking place in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan , is momentous on all accounts. Official representatives of Central Asian countries, Germany, Afghanistan, and Pakistan participate in the conference "Germany - Central Asia: partnership for security strategies". The conference is taking