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Tajikistan

Russia Sets Rampart Against Islam in Case It Runs Rampant

Published September 15, 1998 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

“The Russians were here before, they’re here now, and they will be here in the future. To us it makes no difference who stands there, Tajiks or Russians.”

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Bringing Peace to Tajikistan’s Mountain Fiefdoms

Published September 15, 1998 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

In the mountains of Tajikistan, allegiances are based on localities and clans, many affiliated with neither the government nor the opposition.

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Partying from Dushanbe to Grozny

Published on October 8, 2012May 21, 2016 Leave a comment

When Tajik President Emomali Rahmon turned 60, Vladimir Putin gave him a sniper rifle and promised to keep Russian troops stationed in Tajikistan until his 90th birthday.

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Taliban Jars Central Asia

Published August 14, 1998 in The Christian Science Monitor Leave a comment

Moscow’s futile attack on Afghanistan was launched from this scorching border town 20 years ago. Now it’s bracing itself for an invasion in the reverse direction.

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Women Lead The Way Against Belarus’ Patriarch, Says Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

“Our women understood they don’t have to stay in their kitchens and can go and fight for their rights beside  — and even in front of their men,” said Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

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About Lucian

Based in Berlin and Moscow, I’ve reported from the former Soviet empire since 1996. I started working as National Public Radio’s Moscow correspondent in December 2016. Before that I contributed to Reuters, Slate, Bloomberg and The Moscow Times, among others.

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