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Wildberries intends to enter the Tajikistan market, this issue was discussed at a meeting in Dushanbe between the delegation of the marketplace and the Russian trade mission in Tajikistan, a representative of the trade mission told RIA Novosti. At the first stage, the company can open a network of order pick-up points; in the future, we can talk about building a logistics center. The Tajikistan market has high prospects in the field of e-commerce in terms of logistics, entrepreneurship development and increasing trade turnover with Russia and Central Asian countries, the company noted. Tajikistan will become the ninth country in…

The State Committee of National Security of Tajikistan reported the killing of three members of the “Ansarullah” group, who had crossed from Afghanistan to Tajikistan with the aim of “committing terrorist acts”. According to the authorities, a large amount of weapons were confiscated from these people, and their shelter was destroyed. The State Committee of National Security of Tajikistan published a news report on Wednesday morning saying that these people crossed the Tajik border on the night of August 29-30 in the territory of Kevron village of Darvoz district. Based on this report, after determining the whereabouts of this group, the operation…

Speakers at a conference dedicated to Central Asia this week struggled to find good things to say about the region — or at least enough good to rival all of the bad. Some experts saw windows for transformation and adaptation closing, amid an international space reshaped by China’s rise and Russia’s war in Ukraine, and with a climate crisis seemingly moving even faster than in most other parts of the world. Many agreed that the five Central Asian states had made various degrees of progress since gaining independence in 1991. But they stressed that the achievements had been outpaced by…

The head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, called on the authorities of Tajikistan to abandon territorial claims against Kyrgyzstan. His assistant Otkurbek Rakhmanov posted the video on social media. He noted that the anniversary of the tragedies that occurred in Batken on September 15-16 last year was marked on Friday. «Dozens of servicemen and civilians were killed. This was due to unresolved border issues and due to attack of the neighboring country on our state. I am the chairman of the commission on demarcation and delimitation of the state border. Until today, we have tried to resolve the issue peacefully and continue to do so. The head of state directs us to resolve issues through negotiations. But at the same time, it must…

On the border with Belarus, there are units consisting of military personnel with combat experience. This was stated by the commander of the Joint Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Naev following a trip to the Volyn region. “I talked with the fighters, discussed with them that the situation here is under control and there is time to do it better. They have experience and they know how to make sure that when the threat level increases, they do not miss the enemy in depth, ” – he said. According to him, Ukraine decided to further strengthen the section of the border with Belarus…

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can “gradually reopen” after delimitation and demarcation work between the two Central Asian nations is fully accomplished. The Batken regional administration said on August 3 that border issues had been discussed last month by officials of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, adding that the issues of security and safety in areas close to the three nations’ borders were the main focus. The statement came hours after Rajabboi Ahmadzoda, the governor of Tajikistan’s Sughd region bordering Batken, said he and his Batken counterpart,…

Copenhagen, Berlin (11/8 – 42) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) highlighted severe restrictions imposed by the Tajikistani government on religious freedom during a virtual hearing on July 20, 2023. The commission expressed grave concern over the intensified persecution targeting the Pamiri Ismaili Muslim population of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). Source: https://www.uscirf.gov/events/hearings/religious-freedom-tajikistan-policy-options-country-particular-concern A Pattern of Repression Since 2009, Tajikistan has enacted a complex web of laws to monitor, control, and restrict religious practices. Not only are women and children under 18 prohibited from attending public religious services, but unregistered religious communities are also denied the right to…

He called them offensive to Muslims Actions with the desecration of the Koran, which took place in Sweden and Denmark, are offensive to the Muslims of the world and provoke an inter-religious conflict, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan is convinced. “The desecration of the Holy Quran is an insult to the feelings of all Muslims in the world and sows discord in society, provoking an inter-religious conflict,” the department told TASS . The Foreign Ministry noted that they condemn “any manifestation of intolerance, extremism and terrorism, hostility, war and conflicts.” “We always stand for a constructive dialogue of civilizations,” the…

The banking executive was targeted over his alleged $100 million wealth. Prosecutors in Tajikistan have confirmed that one of the men they suspect of kidnapping and murdering a local top banking executive to steal his cryptocurrency holdings was the same person who shot dead two airport security officers in Moldova late last month. In a fresh twist to the case, footage surfaced online on July 7 in which the suspect, Rustam Ashurov, can been seen making a video call to his mother and explaining the alleged sequence of events that culminated in the airport shooting. The call, which appears to…

Also, the state of morality in Uzbekistan as the state seeks to curb excess piety and unlawful immorality. In this edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, Alisher Khamidov shares some insights on his recent stay in the U.S. city of Philadelphia, which he describes as being like a “new Almaty or new Tashkent” for all the Central Asian migrants that have settled there. Alisher was on a quest to find love, which, unfortunately, ended fruitlessly. What he did find, however, were communities of Kyrgyz, Tajiks and Uzbeks thriving in the service sector. The trucking business has proven a particularly lucrative pursuit…