Tajikistan News Gazette

News From Tajikistan

Day: September 22, 2022

Key Issues

Tajik migrants can now obtain Russian citizenship in one year. But they risk dying in Ukraine

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law according to which the citizenship of this country can be obtained after serving only one year in the army. A new string of coffins may go from Ukraine to Tajikistan…

Finance

Food and building materials were sent to the villages of Sughd affected by the border conflict

A convoy was sent to the Sughd region with help for residents affected by border conflicts with Kyrgyzstan.   According to the press service of the regional administration, there are 45 heavy vehicles in the convoy with food, fuel and…

Finance

From data to drops: Optimizing water use is key for agrifood systems

New York/Washington – A whopping 85 percent of the increase in global cropland over the last decade was irrigated land, highlighting the importance of greater agricultural yields to feed the world and also the urgency of efficient use of water, QU…

Key Issues

Tajik media are under constant attack from “democratic neighbors”

DDoS attacks target Tajik media websites and social networks, as well as accounts of Tajik influencers and bloggers   Over the past few days, the war between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan has been going on not only at the border. No…

Health

Tajiks Accuse Kyrgyzstan Of Using Drones To Violate Airspace Despite Cease-Fire

Tajikistan has again accused Kyrgyzstan of continuing to violate its airspace by using drones following last week’s deadly clashes, a charge denied by Bishkek, which says the situation along the border is calm. In a September 22 statement, the Tajik…

Legal & Judicial

Retired Tajik Officer, Accused Of Organizing Protests In Restive Region, Jailed For Life

DUSHANBE — Tajikistan’s Supreme Court has sentenced retired Major General Kholbash Kholbashov to life in prison for his alleged role in organizing deadly protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan region in May, a charge that human rights organizations have called “bogus.” Kholbashov’s…

Key Issues

Tajikistan Issues False Statement About Beating Of RFE/RL Correspondent In Kyrgyzstan

An official statement by Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry alleging that an RFE/RL correspondent was beaten in Kyrgyzstan has turned out to be false. In its September 22 statement, the ministry accused the Kyrgyz government of persecuting its ethnic Tajik community, mentioning among alleged…

Legal & Judicial

Assignment of another’s property

A 39-year-old resident of the Gissar town applied to Department-2 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sino district in Dushanbe with a statement that on July 14 of this year, a 55-year-old resident of Dushanbe, having entered his…

Health

A man died under the wheels of a Mercedes

On September 21, 2022, at about 13:00, the driver of a Mercedes-Benz car, born in 1975, a resident of Dushanbe, while moving in the territory of A. Yusufi, Gissar, lost control over control, and ran over a man, born in…