The Central Commission on Elections and Referenda told that the election was considered valid since voter turnout surpassed 50%, hitting 70.7% …
Presidential election in Tajikistan begins
Presidential election began in Tajikistan on Sunday as 3,375 polling stations opened all over the country at 06:00 local time.
Tajikistan Vote Seen As Easy Win For Strongman
Central Asian Tajikistan goes to the polls Sunday in a presidential election expected to make incumbent Emomali Rakhmon the longest-ruling strongman in the former Soviet space. Few are anticipating …
Tajikistan’s Autocratic Leader Rahmon Seen Extending Rule As Voters Head To Polls
Voters in Tajikistan head to the polls in a presidential election on October 11 that is expected to extend authoritarian President Emomali Rahmon’s rule over the impoverished Central Asian nation for …
A Tajikistan poised on verge of economic calamity set for vote
Presidential elections in Tajikistan are a charade. The real challenge will come after the vote, as the country copes with a looming coronavirus-induced economic disaster …
Tajikistan: Why Authoritarian Elections Also Matter
Easily dismissed as a hollow, authoritarian exercise, the Tajik elections leave no doubt about who will prevail. Tajikistan security services conceded as much last month when they hounded out of the …
What’s Important About Tajikistan’s Presidential Election?
What’s at stake in Tajikistan’s election isn’t the presidency, but what comes next. Kyrgyzstan’s election-induced semi-revolution has certainly occupied most Central Asian observers this week. But …
COVID and the new debt dynamics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
For all the concerns in recent years that Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were falling into a Chinese debt trap, through the first half of 2020 Bishkek and Dushanbe had been meeting their commitments to …
Impact of COVID-19 on Lives, Livelihoods and Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Tajikistan
As COVID-19 hits global economies, social and economic disparity grows in Tajikistan, putting women and youth at higher risk of long-term unemployment, UNDP finds in a comprehensive study of the …
Tajikistan revives on-off dispute with Iran
Iran is, for some reason, back in Tajikistan’s bad books. State television earlier this month carried a sensationalist documentary once more accusing Iran of funding militant activity in Tajikistan …