Author: Ardshir

The craft of a talented Russian woman, who is known in the south of Tajikistan for her beautiful embroidery and needlework and for sewing national clothes, was appreciated. After presenting the products of her hands, she received a grant of 10,000 somoni to develop her work and train other girls. She is 65-year-old Raisa Solovyova, a resident of Kubodiyan district of Tajikistan. At the age of seventeen, she liked a Tajik soldier in Kazakhstan and accepted the offer of marriage. In 1977, they moved from Kazakhstan to Tajikistan and stayed here. Raisa Soloveva said: “It was love. I stayed here, I have six…

After re-admission to the International Mining Transparency Initiative, Tajikistan published its first report on this lucrative sector. The authorities said that in 2019-2021, several companies were granted the right to search and extract gold, silver and other precious minerals. Something that should have been published and made available to everyone a few years ago, but was not followed and the presence of Tajikistan in the International Transparency Initiative was temporarily suspended. Isfandiyor Yazdonzoda, coordinator of the Transparency Initiative in the field of mining in Tajikistan, attributed the late availability of the report to the spread of COVID-19. The authorities also mentioned…

Rescuers of the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan recovered from the river in Varzob the bodies of a woman and her newborn child who died as a result of a mudflow. Thus, the number of victims of the mudslide on August 28 reached 21 people. On August 30, the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense announced the discovery of 4 more bodies of those killed as a result of the disaster. “During the rescue operation and liquidation of the consequences of the natural disaster in the city of Vakhdat and the Varzob region, the bodies…

Ukrainians and Israelis should not support those who harm relations between the two countries. Even when it comes to social networks. This opinion was expressed by Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Reuven Asman in an interview with RBC-Ukraine . He noted that Ukraine and Israel must do everything possible to prevent deterioration of relations. In his opinion, it is beneficial for both countries. “And not only profitable, but also correct, fair. A terrible war is going on in Ukraine. Israel helps, but you can try more. Moreover, I am ready to be authorized by the Ukrainian side, I will go to Israel, I will…

Afghanistan’s canal project is deepening anxieties on water security. This and more in this week’s Akhal-Teke Bulletin. With little advance warning, the presidents of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan held a summit in Ashgabat on August 4. No explicit explanation has been provided by any of the governments on why these three partners would be forming a united front in this format. The highlights of the joint declaration offered some clues, though. First, there was the matter of water. All three countries border Afghanistan and stand to suffer immediate repercussions from ongoing work there on construction of the Qosh Tepa Canal. Though not yet complete, the…

Behruz Khojazoda, a famous Tajik wrestler, won a silver medal in his weight category up to 73 kg on the second day of the Hungary Masters-2023 judo tournament, which takes place from August 4 to 6 in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The Tajik judoka, who started the fight from the second round, after three victories over Manuel Lombardo from Italy, Daniel Szegedi from Hungary and the reigning world champion Nils Stump from Switzerland, reached the semifinals of this prestigious tournament, where he managed to overcome the Georgian wrestler Giorgi Terashvili. In the final round, the Tajik judoka met with…

The national team of Tajikistan at the II Games of the CIS countries, which are held from August 4 to 14 in Belarus, with one silver and 5 bronze medals, takes 10th place among 22 states participating in these competitions. On the sixth day of the competition – August 9 – Tajik athletes won 2 bronze medals in freestyle wrestling and one bronze medal in a boxing tournament. In freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 70 kg Mustafo Akhmedov and in the weight category up to 79 kg Somonjon Ikromov took third places. In boxing, the third place in…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Tajikistan’s decision to ban Pamir Daily News, an independent news site that is one of the few sources of coverage of Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO), an isolated autonomous mountainous region in the east of the country. The ban is clearly designed to cut this troubled region off from the rest of the world, says RSF. Tajikistan’s supreme court declared Pamir Daily News to be an “extremist organisation” on 14 June, thereby banning it from any form of activity in Tajikistan. The decision was made public and effective on 19 July. Its website is now blocked and any participation in its…

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs. Central Asia The Chinese Communist Party is ready to help Central Asian states create “a China-Central Asia community of common destiny,” according to the party’s chief propagandist. The official Xinhua news agency reported that Li Shulei, a CCP Politburo member and head of the Central Committee’s Publicity Department, met on June 12 with “foreign representatives participating in the China-Central Asia Political Party Dialogue.” Xinhua quoted Li as expressing China’s readiness “to cooperate with the political parties of the five countries of Central Asia to implement the important consensus reached by Chinese President Xi…

Legal options for getting to Europe, United States and South Korea are limited, not that that stops many from making the trip. The worsening state of the Russian economy and sustained abuse from law enforcement there is pushing ever more expatriate laborers from Tajikistan to seek out alternative countries in which to find work. The trend stands in the long term to reduce Tajikistan’s overwhelming economic reliance on remittances flowing in from Russia. For the workers themselves, the shift presents the hope of more dignified employment and, often, much better pay. Azimjon Badalov, 35, traveled to the United Kingdom…