... remains committed against the organization, sticking to its UN recognized “permanent neutrality”. This is unlikely to change in the future. Tajikistan is the sole remaining former Soviet republic being drawn into the orbit of the EEU. For Tajikistan, joining the EEU offers enormous benefits. Their primary concern is for thousands of Tajik migrant workers in Russia. Their remittances account for nearly one third of the country’s GDP. EEU membership promises that these workers will get official recognition and legal protection, as well as ensuring their continued employment. Other benefits include easing ...
... devaluation of ruble deposits. Securing the balance of payments has become more troublesome because up to 80 percent of foreign currency revenues, primarily migrants' remittances, come in rubles while we import in U.S. dollars.
Slower economic growth in Russia pushes Tajikistan toward the Westerners who have stepped up their assistance to Central Asia including in financing and investments. If the Russian economy fails to stabilize, Tajikistan’s dependence on the West and China will increase, diminishing its ...
... cross-border security.”
Therefore, at the meeting of the CSTO foreign ministers a decision was taken to provide urgent military-technical assistance to Tajik border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border. In addition, if the situation worsens, the Russian military base (division 201) located in Dushanbe, could be put into action at the request of the Tajikistan Government to stabilize the situation. Besides, the CSTO has at its disposal the Collective Rapid Reaction Force, which may also be involved in resolving the crisis.
IS militants, in fact, are merely “soldiers of fortune” who are ...
... revisions in the region.
In an attempt to understand Russia’s reasoning on the Crimean issue, the political elites in the region have highlighted the problem of military-political security and humanitarian aspects related to the Russian language and Russian minorities. In line with this logic, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan feel particularly vulnerable due to the presence of the Russian military contingent on their territory: the largest Russian military facilities abroad are the 201st Motor Rifle Division (base) deployed in Tajikistan (about 7500 ...
... territorial proximity, infrastructure, and technological capabilities.
Russia and Iran in the region: allies or rivals?
tourweek.ru / Yulia Beliaeva
Uzbekistan is particularly concerned by
the construction of the Sangtuda 2 Hydroelectric
Power Plant in Tajikistan, in which Iran is
involved.
Russia and Iran are both active in Central Asia, and have shared and competing interests. The presence of common threats draws the two countries together and prompts them to act in unison or take parallel courses.
This can be seen in counter-narcotics ...
Interview with Vladimir Zakharov
On September 12, 2014, the capital of Tajikistan hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit, which saw the signing of the Dushanbe Declaration,... ... Dushanbe who were interested both in advancing multifaceted cooperation with the SCO and in strengthening diverse ties with Russia. Crucially, the SCO countries understand that Moscow remains the organization's main driving force and generator of ideas....
... and turns its attention to Russia and China, waiting to see how the withdrawal of coalition leads the players of the Central Asian “Game” to change their behaviour and bid on different CA countries. United States - focusing on Uzbekistan, Russia - on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and China - on everyone, but the least of all on Kyrgyzstan. Since the beginning of 2013 CA countries started to declare the willingness of their major partners, mostly Russia and China, to make huge donations to the regions economies. Although ...
... will be reexamined as Russia and Uzbekistan agreed on this in 2012[6].
Kambarata project seems more credible, especially after Russia declared that it is going to participate in it. Rogun still doesn’t have any significant foreign investor and Tajikistan doesn’t have money to built it by itself. Russia also may become a potential investor in Rogun project - the energy sector in Russia predicts the fall in profits due to shale boom, so the possibility of taking part in Central Asian HPP projects rises.
Let’s sum up what we have: Kambarata-1 ...
...
244
640
82
2006
156
158
163
9
2007
72
42
67
13
2008
635
88
242
31
2009
506
29
273
20
2010
299
134
411
12
2011
296
31
90
5
TOTAL
3,031
741
2,287
172
Bolashak program official data,
http://www.edu-cip.kz
Certainly, people in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan view Russia more positively than people in other countries in the region. According to the Eurasian Integration Barometer, a survey of the Eurasian Development Bank, public approval of projects aiming to expand cooperation with Moscow (primarily within the ...
... Central Asia as a whole. Two of these areas are in Kyrgyzstan, Min-Kush, tailings at Tuyuk-Su and Kaji-Sai, and one, Taboshar, is in Tajikistan. The program is aimed at resolving important social, economic and ecological issues facing Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Russia is committed to help its partners with financial and human resources as well as through technology transfers.
In other words, Russia’s contribution to helping Central Asia’s poorest nations actually far exceeds the contribution made ...
