Rustam Emomali, the eldest son of the Tajik President, is set to become deputy of the city parliament, his father’s ruling party has decided.
He was elected to the pro-state Youth Union last April, and to …

neweurasia’s Dushanbe describes how a possible Ragnarok is building up between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan around the Roghun dam project. “Roghun is becoming an odd symbol of conflict between two countries with ancient roots of friendship and good will,” he writes. “How much longer before Uzbeks fear that Tajiks want them to be poor and Tajiks fear that Uzbeks want them to die of thirst?”