DUSHANBE, July 16, 2013, Asia-Plus — A well-known Tajik opposition journalist has been denied entry at Moscow”s Sheremetyevo Airport, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports.
Officials at the airport told RFE/RL that journalist Dodojon Atovulloyev was asked to buy a ticket to Prague, Czech Republic, the city he arrived from on July 15.
The airport officials did not elaborate on why the journalist was not allowed to enter Russia.
Tajik Deputy Prosecutor-General Abdurashid Kishvarzoda told RFE/RL that Tajik authorities have nothing to do with the situation.
Atovulloyev, who has been living in the Russian capital for the last 20 years, survived an apparent assassination attempt last year.
He was stabbed several times in a Moscow restaurant.
Atovulloyev believes the attack was connected with his journalistic activity.
Atovulloyev is well-known for his reports criticizing Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and members of his family.
