Police in Moscow have arrested five people who were part of a protest against recent deportations of Tajik migrant laborers from Russia. The five were detained at the “I am Tajik — Deport Me!” rally on November 24 outside the Federal Migration Service in Moscow. Some of the protesters were washing windows at the migration [...]
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November 27, 2011
Five Arrested For Protesting Tajik Deportations From Russia
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November 22, 2011
Tajik Court Frees Russian, Estonian Pilots
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A Tajik regional court has set free Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichy and his Estonian colleague Aleksei Rudenko, whose recent sentencing on smuggling and other charges led to a diplomatic stand-off between Moscow and Dushanbe. The Khatlon provincial court overturned a November 8 verdict by a lower court that sentenced Sadovnichy and Rudenko to 10 1/2 [...]
November 17, 2011
Russian parliament warns Tajikistan over pilot verdict
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The verdict for a Russian and Estonian pilot convicted in Tajikistan is unjustified and politicized, and hurts strategic partnership between Russia and the Central Asian republic, the lower house of the Russian parliament said on Thursday. In a special resolution, the State Duma said the verdict was motivated by considerations of political expediency and that [...]
November 17, 2011
Tajik president orders Russian pilot released
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The Tajik president has ordered the release of a Russian pilot convicted in the Central Asian republic, Tajik Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloyev said on Thursday. Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichy and his Estonian colleague Alexei Rudenko were sentenced to eight and a half years in jail last Tuesday for smuggling and violation of Tajikistan’s airspace. [...]
November 17, 2011
Russian party suggests suspending visa-free regime with Tajikistan
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The center-left A Just Russia party has proposed to freeze visa-free regime with Tajikistan a week after a court in the Central Asian state sentenced a Russian pilot to a lengthy prison term. The party said visa-free regime should be frozen until Tajik authorities take effective measures to curb drug trafficking from Afghanistan and movement [...]
November 16, 2011
Tajik court to review Russian pilot’s jail sentence
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A court in Tajikistan has agreed to review the jail sentence handed to a Russian pilot on for smuggling and illegal crossing of the border. The sentence was challenged by local prosecutors, who say 8.5 years is too harsh asking for a milder sentence. “The court should take into account the personalities of the convicted [...]
November 16, 2011
Appeal filed against verdict for Russian, Estonian pilots in Tajikistan
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A Tajik court on Wednesday accepted for consideration an appeal filed by defense lawyers for a Russian and Estonian pilot convicted in Tajikistan. Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichy and his Estonian colleague Alexei Rudenko were sentenced to eight and a half years in jail last Tuesday for smuggling and violation of Tajikistan’s airspace. The appeal is [...]
November 12, 2011
Tajikistan Denies Political Motive Behind Russian Pilots’ Sentencing
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DUSHANBE — Tajikistan has said that there is no political motive behind the sentencing this week of two ethnic Russian pilots on charges of smuggling and entering Tajikistan illegally, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports. A Tajik court on November 8 sentenced Russian citizen Vladimir Sadovnichy and Aleksei Rudenko, an ethnic Russian from Estonia, to 10 1/2 [...]
November 11, 2011
Russia to deport Tajik immigrants over jailed pilot case
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Around 300 Tajik citizens will be deported from Russia in response to the jailing of a Russian pilot in Tajikistan. “We have started working on the issue, and extradition will occur in days,” said Federal Migration Service Director, Konstantin Romodanovsky. Once expelled, the Tajik citizens will not have the right to return to Russia for [...]
November 9, 2011
Politicians Say Moscow Should ‘Take Revenge’ Against Dushanbe Over Sentencing Of Pilots
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Russian politicians and media are suggesting that Moscow should take serious steps of retaliation after a Tajik court issued lengthy sentences in connection with an international arms-smuggling case. The case involving two pilots working for a Russian air charter company has been a source of discord between Tajikistan and Russia, and has drawn comparisons with [...]
November 9, 2011
Russian Company Pilots Jailed In Tajikistan
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Russian Vladimir Sadovnichy and Estonian national Alexei Rudenko were sentenced to 10 1/2 years each, but the sentences were reduced under an amnesty. DUSHANBE — A Tajik court has sentenced two pilots working for a Russian aviation company to 8 1/2 years in prison for border violations and smuggling, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports. The trial [...]
November 9, 2011
Tajiks Defend Sentencing Of Russian-Employed Pilots Amid Moscow Criticism
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QURGHONTEPPA, Tajikistan — The prosecutor at the trial in southern Tajikistan of two pilots employed by a Russian transporter and convicted of smuggling during a purported humanitarian mission has defended the controversial sentences given to the men amid a sharp protest from Moscow, RFE/RL’s Tajik Service reports. A court in Khatlon Province sentenced Russian Vladimir [...]