If you are a wealthy person living in Tajikistan, it means that either (1) you’re a governmental official, or (2) you’re a former governmental official, or (3) you’re a businessman who avoids paying taxes, or (4) you’re an entertainment star, or finally (5) you’re a drug-smuggler. If you’re not a governmental official and […]
Today about three hundred people came out to the streets of Khorog ‘to protest against the despotism of law enforcement authorities’, reports AsiaPlus (rus). They demand to have punished all the corrupted representatives of these authorities.
According to the participants of the rally, on 14th of March in Roshtkala district of Gorno-Badakhshan Region two public […]
While I was busy with the report on harsh winter in Tajiksitan, Ian at Beyond the River made some good reports on the awkward gunfight, which occurred several weeks ago in Garm, 230 kilometers east from the capital Dushanbe. As a result of the gunfight (Fergana.ru) between the two departments subordinate to the Ministry […]
A week after the bomb explosion in Dushanbe, no terrorist organization has claimed to be the organizer. This raises a reasonable question - was it really a terrorist act? Reuters has a good report on that. It reports that the Islamic Revival Party, allegedly the main opposition force in the country, has doubts regarding […]
Today the head of a department responsible for enforcement of the famous law “On regulation of traditions and customs” in Tajikistan, Abdunabi Kholikov reported on the outputs of the department’s activities. He reported that during the past three months there were organized 892 weddings more than in the previous quarter and the number of circumcisions […]
The cotton harvest is both a source for revenue and agony. This being said that revenue only for some people and agony only for others, both do not know about each other. This is what happening in Tajikistan at present day. Local officials in the areas, where cotton is grown, force local people to […]
The increase in price for food is becoming the main problem in Tajikistan. Unbelievable, I have been living in Dushanbe for about two months and I can feel the increase in prices in such a short period of time. It makes me nervous. The political parties in Tajikistan are already raising concerns about the […]
It is no surprise that CA countries are young. It would not be too much of a problem if one thing was not also true. We are quite inexperienced in self-governance.
Let’s face it people, for the past 70 years under the soviet rule we have been told how to live our lives (for […]
One could find common features in most of the important events taking place in Tajikistan’s life. Most of the policy changes are done through either prohibition of something, displacement of officials or criminalization of some types of activities.
Just in the last couple of months we were witnesses of some decrees that forbade having the […]
Can you imagine that in Dushanbe one kilo of flesh-meat in the supermarkets costs 22 somoni (about 6,4 USD) and in the local markets meat with bones costs 14 somoni (about 4 USD)? Also, one bag of flour (50 kilos) costs 75 somoni (about 21 USD).
Even during the harshest economic crisis Tajiks always have […]
