· October, 2006

Stories about Tajikistan from October, 2006

Tajikistan: Boycotted Vote

  2 October 2006

Alexander Sadikov reports on the decision of Tajikistan's three most powerful opposition parties to sit out the upcoming presidential election and the decision of four smaller ones to field candidates though it is obvious the current president will be reelected. The decision of these four parties to compete, he says,...

Tajikistan: Gold Teeth

  2 October 2006

Candide says that the news that Tajikistan's president is going after gold teeth in the country, while seemingly a quirky decision, is a very bad sign for the country.