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Tajikistan: Militants in the Valley

Adil Nurmakov — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:40:04 +0000

Michael Hancock reviews the recent story about a shootout in the Tajikistan's part of the Fergana Valley.

Tajikistan: Me No Speak the Tajik

Adil Nurmakov — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:30:25 +0000

Vlad reports that Tajikistan has adopted legislation to downgrade the official status of the Russian language in a move that has reportedly had the country’s minorities up in arms.

Tajikistan: President Rahmon in on the Tour

Adil Nurmakov — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:11:05 +0000

On his way to this year’s United Nations summit, long-ruling president of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, stopped over in Moscow, then in Croatia. Botur reflects on the tour and its results.

Tajikistan: Free cheese and a mousetrap

Adil Nurmakov — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:37:53 +0000

Salimdjon reflects on the recent deterioration of political relationships between Tajikistan and Russia, saying that “formerly strategic partners are now haggling over the same piece of cheese”.

Tajikistan: Controversy over state company's audit

Adil Nurmakov — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:17:32 +0000

Salimjon says that IMF Office in Tajikistan preferred to keep the results of the audits on Barqi Tojik, the national state energy company, and Talco, the national aluminum company, confidential, despite numerous problems in accounting and bookkeeping.

Tajikistan: Language is the key to national self-determination

Adil Nurmakov — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:47:48 +0000

Botur Kosimi comments on a recent bill in the Tajikistan parliament that concerns the status and role of the Tajik language in the nation.

CEE, Central Asia: Post-Communist Leaders

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:16:21 +0000

A Fistful of Euros writes about “the first generation of post-Communist leaders”: “Well, here’s a question: almost 20 years later, how many of them are still running things? Not so many.”

Tajikistan: Rasht fighting

Adil Nurmakov — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:23:48 +0000

Gavin reports that a shootout has taken place in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan, when national guardsmen were attacked by unknown armed grouping, presumably by the drug trafficking gang or by extremist militants.

Tajikistan: Protests in Iran are a lesson for Tajiks

Adil Nurmakov — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:41:05 +0000

Botur says that Tajiks were carefully following events in Iran, a country with strong linguistic and cultural ties with Tajikistan, and reflects on how these developments may influence Tajik society.

Russia: Gastarbeiters' Incomes Down

Veronica Khokhlova — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:39:41 +0000

“Gastarbeiters in the Russian Federation are sending approximately 50 percent less money back to their homelands in the CIS than they did six months ago,” Window on Eurasia reports.

Tajikistan: Incidents at Tajik-Uzbek border

Adil Nurmakov — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:23:20 +0000

Incidents at Tajik-Uzbek border remain very dangerous for people, Musafirbek says reporting on another border accident with a gunned civilian.

Russia: Translation of Baymurat Story

Veronica Khokhlova — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:28:40 +0000

Jost A Mon translates Roman Gruzov's Bolshoi Gorod text (RUS) about Baymurat, “an unlikely star” of the Russian internet, mentioned on GV back in April - here: “… a poorly dressed Tajik gastarbeiter who brilliantly performed the song ‘Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja' from the Hindi film ‘Disco Dancer' with such verve that he was a hit on YouTube. Soon his fame spread into the world at large, and Roman Gruzov located him in Kolomna, a little town in the Moscow region. Roman found out that the Tajik was not a Tajik, and, wholly unexpectedly, ended up helping the singer along his career in show-business.”

Tajikistan: Taking Lessons

Adil Nurmakov — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:10:13 +0000

Joshua Foust reviews John Heathershaw’s new book titled “Post-Conflict Tajikistan: The politics of peacebuilding and the emergence of legitimate order”.

Russia: Baymurat (aka Jimmy) Singing Bollywood Song

Veronica Khokhlova — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:36:46 +0000

Videos of a rendition of a Bollywood song by Baymurat (aka Jimmy) - an ethnic Uzbek from Tajikistan, a gastarbeiter in a town near Moscow, and a YouTube celebrity: one of the earlier versions is here, and the performance at Asian Dub Foundation's April 4 gig in St. Petersburg, Russia - here. Roman Gruzov's profile of Baymurat/Jimmy (RUS) in Bolshoi Gorod is here.

Tajikistan: A Slow Collapse or Not.

Adil Nurmakov — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:50:04 +0000

Joshua Foust writes about Tajikistan’s social and economic problems, which have worsened dramatically against the bachground of the global economic crisis.