Russia–Tajikistan relations
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Tajikistan Semyon Grigoriev[1]Ambassador of Tajikistan in Moscow Davlatshoh Gulmakhmadzoda

Russia–Tajikistan relations (Russian: Российско-таджикские отношения) are the bilateral relations between the Russian Federation and Tajikistan.

Dmitry Medvedev meets Emomali Rahmon in Tajikistan. September 2011.

Both countries are close allies and members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the military alliance formed by the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Tajikistan hosts Russian military units and infrastructure in Central Asia. Tajikistan and Russia also work closely together in issues concerning Afghanistan and are partners in anti-terrorism, anti-narcotics, and intelligence operations.

On May 25, 1993, a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance was signed between the two countries.[2]

Tajikistan is highly dependent on the remittances coming from Russia. In 2012, it received US$3.595 billion in migrant remittances, equalling some 48% of its GDP. Some 1.5 million Tajiks work abroad, mostly in Russia.[3]

After the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Russia's invasion of Ukraine in March 2023, Putin will be subject to arrest by the Tajik authorities if he ever visits the country. Tajikistan is a signatory of the ICC Rome Statute while Russia does not after it withdrew in 2016 after its annexation of Crimea in 2014.[4][5]

The current Ambassador of Russia to Tajikistan is Igor Lyakin-Frolov. The current Ambassador of Tajikistan to Russia is Imomuddin Sattorov.

See also

  • (in Russian) Documents on the Russia–Tajikistan relationship at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Zafar Abdullayev (March 4, 2004). "TAJIKISTAN, RUSSIA PROBE MILITARY PARTNERSHIP". Eurasianet. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  • Konstantin Parshin (January 11, 2009). "TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS WANT TO CLEANSE TAJIK MEDIA". Eurasianet. Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  • "Tajikistan Russia's Role in the Early 1990s". Photius. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  • "Tajikistan-Russia: Demarche as Rakhmon's answer to Medvedev". Ferghana.Ru news agency. 2009-02-02. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  • Vladimir Radyuhin (June 6, 2004). "Tajikistan: Russia scores over U.S." The Hindu. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved 2009-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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