Day: October 4, 2022

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Tajikistan lost its position in the world ranking of innovative development

 

Tajikistan lost one position in the new Global Innovation Index (GII) compared to last year. This year, Tajikistan ranked 104th in the ranking (in 2021, the country had 103rd place).

 

GII Report 2022 focuses on “The Future of Innovative Development”. According to its compilers, it provides a perspective on the atmosphere in the field in the context of a pandemic, declining productivity growth and other challenges.

 

Among the four countries of Central Asia, Tajikistan occupies the last, 4th place (Turkmenistan is not included in the ranking).

 

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan ranked 82nd and 83rd respectively, Kyrgyzstan is in 94th place.

 

In terms of innovative resources, the position of the country has not changed – the same 104th place, and according to the results of innovations, it has dropped by 5 positions – from 96th place to 101st.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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Kyrgyz deputies propose to allow voluntary mobilization and issuance of weapons to border residents

Members of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense, Security and Migration of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan at a meeting on October 3 considered a bill that allows in “special cases” to issue weapons to residents of the border regions of Batken and Osh regions, Centralasian.org reports.

 

Deputy Marlen Mamataliev said that it was decided to combine into a single document the initiatives of individual deputies raised after the armed conflict on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

 

According to him, amendments are proposed to be made to 4 laws – On mobilization training and mobilization in the Kyrgyz Republic, On universal conscription of citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, on military and alternative services, On weapons and On border commissioners.

 

«After the events in the Batken region, we talked with local residents, they ask to be given the opportunity to be mobilized on a voluntary basis, they ask to remove age restrictions. There are citizens who hunt, who have military training. We also propose to amend the law on weapons, so that in some cases, without experience, the inhabitants of these areas could be given weapons. But this does not mean that they will immediately give weapons to everyone, the Ministry of Internal Affairs should prescribe the order and procedures, they will not distribute weapons to everyone just like that», – said Mamataliev.

 

After discussion, committee members approved the bill in the first reading.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Two schools in Tajikistan to be named after officers who died on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border

Schools in the Khovaling district of the Khatlon region and in the Aini district of the Sughd region will be named after Shukhratjon Najmiddinov and Hiradmand Usmonzoda, officers who died during the September clashes on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.

 

In particular, the deputies of the local assembly of the Jamoat Jombakht, at a meeting with the directors of educational institutions of the Khovaling district, proposed to give the name of Shukhratjon Najmiddinov to school No. 15 in the village of Darai Mukhtor. This was announced by Umar Sitamov, director of the school.

 

«Now local deputies have sent their proposal to the district majlis», – he said.

 

33-year-old Shukhratjon Najmiddinov was from the Khovaling district. Before his death, he was the deputy head of the police department for the city of Isfara, and on September 16 he died on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. He had three children.

 

School No. 27 in the village of Vashan, Ayni district, is also planned to be named after Hiradmand Usmonzoda, another officer who died in the border conflict.

 

This was announced by the head of the jamoat Urmetan district Aini Aligul Kadyrov.

 

«There is such a proposal, and we hope that it will be accepted by the relevant authorities», – he said.

 

Hiradmand Usmonzoda, 28, was also killed in the September border conflict, he had a two year old son.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Prices for flights from Russia to Tajikistan have decreased

Online users talk about lower prices for air tickets from Russian cities to Tajikistan, this is also confirmed by information on airline websites. Although only 2 weeks ago tickets sold out very quickly, and there were almost no tickets left for the next dates. After the announcement of partial mobilization in Russia, the price of a ticket could reach 101,755 rubles per person.

 

If on the 20th of September a ticket on the Moscow-Dushanbe route for «Ural Airlines» and «NordStar» cost at least 39,722 Russian rubles, today 24,948 rubles is the maximum price.

 

So, according to the official website of Utair, from St. Petersburg to Dushanbe, prices from October 6 range from 22,880 to 26,910 rubles, depending on the tariff. And from Moscow to Dushanbe you can fly for a maximum of 24,948 rubles.

 

Slightly higher prices for flights from Surgut (from 24,675 to 28,985 rubles) and Tyumen (from 24,295 to 27,840 rubles) to Dushanbe. But, as an employee of one of the Dushanbe air ticket offices explained, this is due to the fact that the frequency of flights to Tajikistan from these cities is much lower.

 

Prices have also decreased for «Ural Airlines», which, at a time of great demand for tickets to Tajik cities, set the highest prices among Russian airlines. Then it was possible to fly from Moscow to Dushanbe for at least 17,000 somoni.

 

Today, the Moscow-Dushanbe route costs from 19,026 to 23,661 rubles. Even cheaper to get to Khujand: from 13,903 to 15,538 rubles.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

 

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Ambassador of Tajikistan to Russia met with Tajik students

Ambassador of Tajikistan in Moscow Davlatshoh Gulmakhmadzoda held a meeting with Tajik students and members of the Public Council at the Embassy. The Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in Russia reports this on its official website.

 

The meeting was dedicated to the Day of the State Language, which is celebrated in Tajikistan on October 5.

 

Speaking to the youth, Davlatshoh Gulmahmadzoda emphasized the role of the Tajik language in the revival of the state system, the development of science, education and culture.

 

The contribution of the Tajik-Persian classics and other poets, philosophers and scientists of our time to the further development of the Tajik language for future generations was noted.

 

The ambassador also spoke about the achievements of Tajikistan over the 31 years of independence, including the protection of historical and cultural values, the national identity of young people and their comprehensive support for President Emomali Rahmon.

 

Issues of interest to Tajik youth were also discussed at the meeting. The embassy, in turn, assured the students of its assistance in the implementation of their initiatives, the report says.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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The defense asks the court to release journalist Abdullo Gurbati right from the courtroom

The court of the Shohmansur metropolitan area held a regular meeting yesterday on the case of journalist Abdullo Gurbati. His lawyer Abdurakhmon Sharipov insisted on the unsubstantiated accusations against the charges against him.

 

The trial took place in the administrative building of pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice behind closed doors.

 

The lawyer provided the court with justification for the doubts of the defense side about the sufficiency of evidence and the validity of the charges in the case. He asked the court to acquit Gurbati and release him from the courtroom.

 

The court, after hearing the speech of the defense counsel, adjourned the hearing to the next day. When the next hearing will take place has not been specified.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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How Tajik migrants are rebuilding devastated Mariupol

They were promised up to 250 thousand rubles per month, temporary housing and three meals a day.

 

Over the past few months, Russian construction companies have begun recruiting workers to rebuild the city of Mariupol, the industrial center of eastern Ukraine, which came under Russian control in May this year. Workers are promised up to 250 thousand rubles per month, temporary housing and three meals a day. Some migrants are already working on construction sites in the city, others have turned down a tempting offer, reports the Central Asia News Center.

 

Kurbon Sharifov has been working in Mariupol since the end of August. He was sent to the ruined city by the Moscow construction company “Restavratsiya”, at whose facilities a migrant from Tajikistan had previously worked. For the first month of work, he said, the builders were paid more than 130,000 rubles ($2,350) each, twice what they received in Moscow. However, whether they will be paid such a salary in the future – Kurbon does not know.

 

“Here we restore destroyed residential buildings, replace windows, renew the roof. We were provided with temporary housing and three meals a day”, – told the migrant.

 

Mariupol is the industrial center of the Donetsk region and the largest international trade port on the Sea of Azov. The fighting for the city began on February 25, 2022, the day after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. By the end of March, after weeks of shelling, Mariupol was reduced to rubble.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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The conditions of cargo transportation have changed at the border crossings of Turkmenistan, – the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan

Turkmenistan has amended the rules for the transportation of goods through border crossings, reports the Department of Land Transport of the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan.

 

The changes were introduced in accordance with the Decree of the President of Turkmenistan No. 257 dated September 14, 2022 «On the regulation of the activities of state bodies at the customs border of Turkmenistan and the establishment of a single amount of fees and payments from foreign owners of vehicles», – the message says.

 

It is noted that the amount of fees is changing in “order to create favorable and competitive conditions for the transportation of export-import and transit goods by road, as well as to increase the efficiency of transport and transit crossings through the territory of Turkmenistan”.

 

Source: Asia-Plus

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Journalist Abdullo Gurbati sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison

The court of the Shokhmansur metropolitan district sentenced journalist Abdullo Gurbati to seven years and six months in prison in a penal colony with a high security regime. He was found guilty on three articles incriminated to him, the Independent Center for the Protection of Human Rights reports.

 

The next court session on the criminal case of Gurbati was held today, October 4, in the administrative building of the pre-trial detention center No. 1 of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice behind closed doors.

 

According to the lawyer, Abdullo pleaded not guilty.

 

«At the end of the judicial debate, the court gave the last word to the defendant Abdullo Gurbati. He, as before, declared his innocence of the crimes of which he is accused, and denied any involvement in any extremist group. He asked the court to find him not guilty and acquit him, the lawyer said».

 

However, the Shokhmansur district court found him guilty under Part 1 of Art. 328 (use of violence against a representative of authority), Part 1 of Art. 330 (insulting a representative of the authorities) and Part 2 of Art. 307 (3) (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan and sentenced to a prison term in aggregate.

 

Recall that earlier the prosecution asked for 8 years in prison for Gurbati.

 

Abdullo Gurbati’s defense announced that he would appeal the verdict to higher courts.

 

Source: Asia-Plus