Field Reports
UZBEKISTAN-KYRGYZSTAN: BUILDING A WALL
By Erkin Akhmadov (7/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On June 13 2009, the Uzbek authorities decided to strengthen security on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border. Specifically, they dug ditches in the Suzak, Aksy and No’okat borderline regions of Kyrgyzstan and erected walls in the Rishtan rayon of Uzbekistan’s Ferghana region. The depth of the ditches reached 3 meters and the height of the walls 5-7 meters.
TAJIKISTAN CRACKS DOWN ON RADICAL RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS
By Suhrob Majidov (7/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
On June 24, more than 40 persons were arrested by the Tajik intelligence service during a sermon in a Dushanbe mosque. Among them was the leader of the Islamic movement Salafiya in Tajikistan, Mullo Sirojiddin. All arrested are accused of propagating “Salafi” ideas, which are officially banned in Tajikistan by a January 2009 Supreme Court decision.
CHINA BOOSTS INVESTMENT IN TAJIKISTAN
By Alexander Sodiqov (7/1/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
In mid-June 2009, the Tajik government signed four new deals with China aimed at considerably boosting Beijing’s investment in the cash-strapped country. Under the new deals signed amidst the global economic recession, Chinese companies will invest more than a billion dollars over the next two years to build power stations, power transmission grids and roads in Tajikistan. The investment package includes US$650 million for the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Khingob River in eastern Tajikistan, and US$400 million for the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Dushanbe.
‘BLACK FRIDAY’ IN TAJIKISTAN’S FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET
By Suhrob Majidov (6/17/2009 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The foreign exchange market in Tajikistan fluctuates feverishly. In May alone, the Tajik somoni fell by 12 percent against the US$, amounting to a total depreciation of 25 percent against the dollar since the beginning of the year. The drastic fall of the somoni results in significant losses for enterprises and ordinary citizens.
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