DUSHANBE, November 18, 2013, Asia-Plus — Dushanbe independent weekly,
Digest-Press
, marks its 19th anniversary today.
Digest-Press
founder Akbarali Sattorov, who is also head of Tajik Journalists’ Union (TJU), says they have decided to print this Russian-language paper because after collapse of the Soviet Union Russian newspaper had practically stopped to come to Tajikistan.
“During the first two-three years,
Digest-Press
had just reproduced articles from Russian publications,” said Sattorov. “Today,
Digest Press
prints mainly its own materials.”
During ten years,
Digest-Press
had been listed as the largest circulation newspaper in Tajikistan, Sattorov said.
“In 1994, only 2-3 correspondents worked with
Digest Press
while the newspaper’s current editorial staff is 50 people,” Digest-Press founder added.
