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Over the past few months, police in Tajikistan have detained three bloggers on charges of immorality. Experts suggest this is a way for the authorities to tighten their grip on public opinion. (more…)
“We carried an ill woman from our bridge for 17 kilometres on a stretcher… because the roads were blocked”. What are the difficulties faced by the residents of highland Yagnob?” (more…)
Experts believe that the main obstacles for startups in Tajikistan are poor internet connection speeds, heavy taxes and complex legislation.
Tajikistan’s authorities claim that services in maternity hospitals are completely free of charge, but citizens report being charged a fee for giving birth and discharging their newborns from the maternity hospital. (more…)
Kyrgyzstan has amended a range of laws that ensure simplified order of receiving weapons by civilian population residing in border areas and voluntary mobilisation. According to experts, it means the recognition of the state of its inability to protect its borders.
Dozens of Tajik migrants have gone missing. Their relatives speculate that they may have been forcibly conscripted into the Russian army.
Since the arrests of seven bloggers and journalists, the work of the media in Tajikistan has become much more difficult and the “red line” of self-censorship, which must not be crossed, has been narrowed, media experts say. (more…)
The partial mobilisation announced in Russia has covered not only the Russians. Migrants from Central Asia are being deceived into doing military service, while officials voice suggestions of depriving of Russian citizenship of those who have received it in the last 10 years and refuses to do military service.
After partial mobilisation was announced in Russia, crowds of Russians flooded to neighbouring countries, including Central Asia. Most of them take these states as transit ones and do not stay there for long. However, the inflow of Russian citizens has seriously alarmed the residents of host countries. It is often due to misunderstanding of how it can affect their ordinary life. (more…)
Complex geography and domestic politics mean a solution remains elusive.
Clashes on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in which at least 100 people died have highlighted the serious risks of the countries unresolved territorial disputes, with analysts from both sides calling for a change of approach.