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More than 20 Tajik immigrants, who are kept in the temporary detention center for foreign citizens in Yekaterinburg, Russia, complained about the bad and unfit conditions. Tajik authorities say that they are helping migrants to return home. In an interview with Radio Ozodi on October 30, this group of migrants said that they were arrested 21 days ago and fined two thousand rubles for violating the rules of residence. Detained migrants say that the decision to deport them has been made, but it is not known when they will be sent home. According to the migrants, living conditions and food are so…

At the end of the meeting of the Council of Heads of States of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Bishkek, 17 decisions and documents were adopted, and the temporary presidency of the organization was transferred from Kyrgyzstan to Russia. According to the website of the Kremlin, among the documents signed are the agreement on the establishment of the International Organization of the Russian Language, the creation of the International Center for the Assessment of the Risks of Money Laundering, the Declaration of the CIS Member States “on international relations in a multipolar world”, the declaration “on the protection…

Minor citizens of Tajikistan were identified at an Almaty flea market, MIA Kazinform reports with reference to Polisia.kz . According to information from the Almaty migration service, as part of the “Plot” development, the territory adjacent to the central clothing market of the city was checked. “In the Alatau region, 39 foreigners without identity documents were identified, 36 of them are citizens of Tajikistan. Moreover, 18 of them have not reached adulthood. These are young men 16-17 years old. The teenagers were transferred to the juvenile police department of the district UP for appropriate action. Foreigners who do not have identity documents are placed in the…

An estimated 2,500 troops from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have opened military exercises in parts of Belarus that border NATO members Poland and Lithuania. The Combat Brotherhood 2023 exercises, which opened on September 1 and are scheduled to last through September 6, include troops from Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. Armenia is also a member of the CSTO but did not send troops. Kazakh Defense Minister Ruslan Zhaqsylyqov said that the Kazakh military would take part in the CSTO exercises but would not send military equipment. The Belarusian Defense Ministry said the exercises were to prepare for joint…

Russia has arrested two suspects in the murder of Tajik banker Shohrat Ismatulloev. On August 29, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev informed about this in his meeting with his Tajik counterpart Ramazon Rahimzoda.    Most likely, one of the arrested is Dilshod Saidmuradov, the main suspect in the murder of the banker, and the visit of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan to Moscow for his extradition ends. A day ago, the press office of the MIA informed about the visit of Ramazan Rahimzoda to Russia and said that one of the main topics of the meeting…

More than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the UK to take part in operations to recapture the annexed Crimea from Russia. This was reported by the British edition of the Daily Express on Sunday, citing sources. This was not officially reported, although it is known that the Ukrainian military is being trained, including in Britain. It is alleged that the test site is equipped in Dartmoor in Devon in the south-west of England. It is closed to the public and to the press. British specialists are helping to train the “elite special forces” of the Ukrainian forces, which are supposed to be “at the…

Hossein Selahvarzi made the remarks in a meeting with Tajikistan’s Ambassador in Tehran Nizamuddin Zahedi at the place of ICCIMA on Sunday. Referring to the increase in trade exchanges between Iran and Tajikistan and the lack of a letter of credit system, the ICCIMA head suggested that a joint arbitration center be established in the chambers of Iran and Tajikistan to solve the problem of legal claims between businessmen. During the meeting, the two sides explored the ways for the expansion of trade between Iran and Tajikistan. The Tajik ambassador, for his part, referred to the increasing trend of trade…

A less than convincing show of unity at the summit. The annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit was designed as a showcase for the expansion of “multi-dimensional cooperation.” But the meeting ended up highlighting the differing policy priorities of its leading members – China, Russia and India. The virtual gathering on July 4 was technically hosted by India. The only substantive action taken by the group, which also includes the Central Asian nations of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, was Iran’s elevation to full membership. Otherwise, the respective leaders of SCO members used the occasion to pronounce on their preferred geopolitical topics. The collective message…

And even a strongman needs friends. In our podcast this week, Aigerim Toleukhanova and Alisher Khamidov discuss how reports of a small group of separatists in northern Kazakhstan have outraged Kazakhs. But how credible is the threat? And why has the group emerged now? Regional governments are good at using fears of separatism to argue that citizens must fall into line, to silence protests and democratic movements. Uzbekistan has been shaken by a horrific tale of sexual slavery in an Urgench orphanage. The perpetrators were local officials who had gone largely unpunished until the president’s daughter, Saida Mirziyoyeva, demanded justice. Does it really require…

A project to extinguish the gas crater Darvaza in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, which caught fire more than 50 years ago due to the collapse of an exploration mine, is at the approval stage. This was reported to TASS by the head of the laboratory of the Scientific Research Institute (NII) of natural gas of the state concern “Turkmengas” Irina Luryeva. This is one of the tourist attractions of the country. The crater, nicknamed by the people and tourists as the “Gates of Hell”, since 2018 has been officially called the “Shine of the Karakum”. “We have drawn up a project,…