Comments on: Tajikistan: Year in Review

By: Bush Bravado

Bush Bravado — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:24:32 +0000

What a bloody nonsense. “Freedom loving nation”, soviet essentialism stinks! Rahmanov is getting richer, centralizing political and economical power, independent press is muted, journalists threatened, people from Dangara rules all important positions, including MB and TVT, and Yatimov is happy in MID. The old opposition is marginalized or in prison. Cotton is as currupt as always, and now an increasing amount is under the control of the presidents close family. Please, can you give me the references to any serious research were convincning claims are made that Tajikistan is more democratic today than it was five years ago? What about the elections? Political pluralism? And of course the tajik government is not doing well, if Tajikistan would have located in Europe most of the ruling elite would be in Haag now. What about the massgraves? No words. Jolly good that the MB now is controlling the drug trade so that the minister can make more than is basic salary of USD70. Centralasia is a big joke, and as soon as the oil price is dropping, or russia is running out of oil, and the male tajiks between 16 and 40 return to Tajikistan, then we will see an explosion that will destablize the whole area, if they are not dead in aids before that.

By: Patriot

Patriot — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:17:09 +0000

but still tajikistan government not doing well!…

By: Tajik boy

Tajik boy — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:43:04 +0000

I know this is a shameful situation, but can we blame the Tajik government alltogether? Before all the energy we had was from neighboring Uzbekistan and now we just can’t seem to afford it. That is not to say that the minister of energy is a law abiding person and spends all the funds allocated to him to exactly that purchasing energy.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:05:33 +0000

Unless, of course, you are trying to heat your home with public utilities and receive a state pension, in which case the overall trend is quite negative. They didn’t even get electricity or gas to apartments the day before holidays for baking purposes! Shame, shame, shame. Well, at least we have the Palace of the Nation.

By: James

James — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 18:02:09 +0000

Agreed. Tajikistan has made some great reforms this year. Even though there have been some clear setbacks, overall I think the trend is positive.

By: Tajik boy

Tajik boy — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:03:18 +0000

Do I see a positive tone in your articles? Seems you are catching up with the latest developments in Tajikistan. Although I do overall agree that Tajikistan has a relatively poor human rights records and no so perfect government, it has been taking the right steps towards making itself a democratic nation. I personally believe in the spirit of Tajiks as a freedom-loving nation and having put the civil war behind they will definitely move forward to building a brighter future.