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Russia is squeezing Tajik migrants. Dushanbe is the quiet beneficiary
OpinionOpinion15 Jun

Russia is squeezing Tajik migrants. Dushanbe is the quiet beneficiary

This week Russia made its citizenship 12 times more expensive and all but reserved the cheap path for men willing to fight its war. The West sees victims of Moscow. It keeps missing the government in Dushanbe that needs these men gone, and needs their money home.

Russia is squeezing Tajik migrants.
PoliticsBrief12 Jun

Russia raises the price of a passport 12-fold, and waives it for soldiers

Russia’s parliament passed a law this week raising the fee for citizenship 12-fold and removing it for those who enlist to fight in Ukraine. The squeeze falls hardest on the millions of Central Asians who work there.

Remittances remain Central Asia’s clearest stability gauge
EconomyAnalysis9 Jun

Remittances remain Central Asia’s clearest stability gauge

The fastest read on Central Asian stability is the money migrants wire home from Russia. In Tajikistan it equals almost half of GDP, which makes the ruble the region’s quiet budget line.