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Explosion – an excuse for the government

Posted by Vadim | in Security, Domestic Affairs, Development | on November 21st, 2007
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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 […]

Terrorist Attack or Plot?

Posted by Vadim | in Terrorism, Security | on November 15th, 2007
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Today the central area of Dushanbe again was cordoned off (rus) by law enforcement bodies because of a bomb explosion threat. There was found a suspicious box somewhere close to the ZUM (supermarket) which is located several hundred meters far from the Presidential Palace.
Yesterday there was a bomb explosion which killed one person. […]

Execution of migrants in Russia by neo-Nazis

Posted by Vadim | in Migration, Minorities, Security | on August 15th, 2007
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The video of Russian nationalists posted in the Internet on Sunday, which shows the execution of a Tajik and Dagistani, shocked everyone. It was the first time when the Russian neo-Nazis made public such a material. These days it is the most discussed topic in the Russian blogosphere according to the rating of […]

Explosions: who is the target?

Posted by Vadim | in Security | on June 19th, 2007
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On Saturday all the world information agencies reported on explosions in Dushanbe outside Tajikistan’s Supreme Court, which is located in the protected area. The explosions did not injure anyone but smashed the windows of the nearby buildings. It was probably the third fact in the series of explosions near the administrative buildings which took […]

Bridges across Panj River: good or evil?

Posted by Vadim | in International Affairs, Security, Business, Economy, Development | on June 5th, 2007
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James Hill at New York Times reports that thanks to funding from US state budget the Italian company Rizzani de Eccher is nearly to complete construction of strategically important bridge across Panj river which will connect Tajikistan and Afghanistan, ‘offering the promise of economic development’ in this region.
Some experts say that the bridge […]

Gorno-Badakhshan Separatism Concerns

Posted by Vadim | in Security, Domestic Affairs | on February 15th, 2007
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The biggest region in Tajikistan which constitutes almost half of the territory of the country has an opportunity to enjoy more autonomy in the near future, but some experts raise concerns about separatism(IWPR article).

A new law defining the status of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, GBAR, which covers the whole western half of Tajikistan, […]

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