Tajikistan News Gazette

News From Tajikistan

Day: February 9, 2023

Finance

Kazakhstan halts gasoline, diesel fuel exports. Can it affect Tajikistan?

Kazakh authorities halted the export of gasoline, diesel fuel and certain types of petroleum products from the country by all types of transport for four months, the press service of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the republi…

Finance

The Ministry of Industry clarifies Tajikistan’s antimony reserves

The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies (MoINT) has clarified Tajikistan’s proven reserves of antimony.An official source at a MoINT says the country’s proven antimony reserves are estimated at about 600,000 tons.“Continued exploration may open u…

Key Issues

A record number of Tajiks received Russian citizenship last year

According to data from the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation, a record number of Tajiks received Russian citizenship last year – 173,634 people, which is 69,953 people more compared to 2021. In 2021, 103,681 Tajiks received Russian citizenshi…

General

Three more flyovers to appear in Dushanbe

An official source within the Committee for Architecture and Construction under the Government of Tajikistan says three more flyovers are expected to be built in Dushanbe.One of them is expected to be built on the site of the Victory Square (IS-2 tank …

General

Somon Air resumes flights to the Chinese city of Urumqi

Tajikistan’s privately owned air company, Somon Air, has resumed flights from Dushanbe to Urumqi, the capital of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR).The first flight on this air route took place on February 8, according to the Somon Air pre…