DUSHANBE, February 5, 2016, Asia-Plus –
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service
reports that Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov said yesterday that reporters from Kremlin-funded media outlet
RT
, formerly known as
Russia Today
, have not been given permission to operate in his country.
RT
opened a bureau in Dushanbe in 2014, but operations ceased soon afterward after accreditation was refused.
Aslov did not elaborate on why accreditation was not granted.
Meanwhile, analysts say the Tajik government is concerned by the influence of Russian propaganda, although other state-funded Russian media outlets do have correspondents in Tajikistan.
