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Tajik Experts Worried by Imbalances in Eurasian Economic Union

... commercial partner: its share in 2014 trade turnover exceeded 20 percent. The bulk of its budget still comes from remittances sent by Tajiks working in Russia. According to the Russian Central Bank, last year cash transfers exceeded USD 3.831 billion . Tajikistan is also interested in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), especially after its neighbor Kyrgyzstan jumped on the bandwagon. Dushanbe is heatedly debating the virtues of membership, although the government, pundits and businesses still differ. To get a more detailed view of their expectations and concerns, we met leading Tajik experts – ...

15.06.2015

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Consequences of the Ukrainian Crisis for Central Asia: Shock and Awe

... ethnic and elite conflicts. The official assessments of the destabilization in Ukraine were based on the historical memory of the turbulent 1990s and the political cataclysms in the mid-2000s. Analyzing the confrontation on the Maidan, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has repeatedly referred to the national experience of “ armed conflict, which led to the most devastating social, economic and humanitarian consequences for the country ”. The public debate in Kyrgyzstan, a country that had survived two coups in 2005 and 2010, was focused on discussing the possibility of a repeat such an experience, especially amidst the collapse of the coalition government in March 2014 following a corruption scandal. envsec....

26.03.2015

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)