Challenges for 2024 Presidential Candidates in Eradicating Corruption

Brussels, Frankfurt (15/7 – 56) Bad habits die badly. Three hundred fifty years of Dutch colonial rule, where expatriate European masters professing noble, selfless public service for the Kingdom of…

Volume Of Iran’s Non-Oil Exports To Turkmenistan Drops

Iran exported 313,000 tons of non-oil products worth more than $106 million to Turkmenistan, during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through June 21, 2023),…

Tajikistan: Regime Talibanization of schools, education and hospitals

Rahmon’s war against the Ismaili. Dubai (5/7 – 75) The government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of…

China And Russia Preparing To Push The United States & European Union Out Of Central Asia

The recent China-Central Asia summit in Xi’an has given plenty of reasons to pay attention to the role and status of Russia in the region. The new era proclaimed by Xi Jinping…

Banks Flummoxed by Russian Money Whack-a-Mole

As soon as Western countries began deploying sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, many Russians turned to Kazakhstan for relief.   And so, as official figures show, Russian citizens…

Tajikistan’s Fallen Hero: Yodgor Gulomkhaidarov

You are not Forgotten. Berlin, Brussels (18/5 – 40) In the vast and remote mountain lands of Central Asia, the Ismaili Pamiris have long faced systemic discrimination and persecution at…

Tajikistan’s Fallen Hero: Asliddin Khursandov

You are not Forgotten. Berlin, Brussels (12/5 – 40) In the vast and remote mountain lands of Central Asia, the Ismaili Pamiris have long faced systemic discrimination and persecution at…

[Contribution] Uzbekistan Chooses Path of Protecting Human Rights, Freedoms

On April 30, a referendum on amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan will be held. The new constitution is aimed to change the principle “state — society…

OSCE and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry bring Police and Community Together to Discuss the Implementation of the Police Reform Strategy

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in joint efforts with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) conducted a series of one-day meetings with heads of MIA departments and members of…

Revenues Of State Budget Of Turkmenistan Increase In 1Q2023

The revenue part of the state budget of Turkmenistan was fulfilled at the level of 115.5 percent, and the expenditure part – by 97.1 percent from January through March 2023,…