Update: cause of fire in apartment in Tajik capital under investigation

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DUSHANBE January 12, Asia-Plus – Victims of fire in apartment No 1, 144/1 Nemat Qaraboyev Street (western part of Dushanbe), are members of one family.   

Jamilya Tilloyeva, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES), has told Asia-Plus that householder 47-year-old Safar Saydaliyev, his wife, the 38-year-old Musharrafa and their four children, an 18-year-old Gulsara, 12-year-old Alikhon, 11-year-old Rajabgul and a three-year-old Mavzuna are in hospital.  Of them, the householder’s wife Musharrafa is a serious condition, according to the source.   

In the meantime, the cause of the fire is under investigation.  It is not clear yet whether the fire was caused by a gas blast or by overload in the apartment’s electrical system, according to the MES source. 

Specialists from interior ministry, emergency services and gas concern “Tojikgaz” are currently working in the site of the accident.

Tajik President, US officials consider regional security issues

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, January 12, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday January 11, President Rahmonov also met in Astana with Mr. Michael Johansson, Secretary of U.S. Agriculture Department, and Jozett Shainer (phonetically spelled), Undersecretary of State for Economics and Agriculture, presidential press service reported. 

Their talks focused on development and strengthening of bilateral relations between


Tajikistan


and the


United States


in the area of agriculture as well as issues related to regional security and the situation in


Afghanistan


, according to presidential press service.

Tajik president, Japanese MP discuss issues of investing in construction of roads in Tajikistan

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, January 12, Asia-Plus – Yesterday evening, President Emomali Rahmonov returned from Kazakh capital Astana, where he took part at a ceremony of inauguration of Nursultan Nazarbayev as President of Kazakhstan.  

According to presidential press service, during stay in Astana Rahmonov held a number of bilateral meetings with heads of official delegations of other countries arriving in


Kazakhstan


to participate the inauguration ceremony. 

A meeting with Japanese MP and head of the Japanese delegation Nobutaka Machimura (phonetically spelled) focused on the issues related to bilateral cooperation between


Tajikistan


and


Japan


.  The two, in particular, discussed


Japan


’s investment in telecommunications and the construction of roads in


Tajikistan


.

One Tajik citizen affected by incident in Moscow synagogue

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, January 12, Asia-Plus – One of eight people stabbed at synagogue in


Moscow


proved to be citizen of


Tajikistan


, representative of Bukhara Jews’ Diaspora living in


Russia


, the source in the Tajik MFA told Asia-Plus referring to the Tajik Embassy in


Moscow


.    

RIA Novosti reports that yesterday, a man wielding a knife burst into the synagogue in the center of


Moscow


during evening prayers and stabbed at least eight people.  Among the injured are citizen of the


United States


, citizen of


Israel


and citizen of


Tajikistan


.  Two of those injured are in a serious condition, RIA Novosti says.    

Reports say the attacker was identified as a 20-year-old Muscovite.  In recent years, there have been a number of attacks on synagogues and Jewish centers across


Russia


.



Six people injured in apartment blast in Tajik capital, says MES specialist

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DUSHANBE, January 12, Asia-Plus – Six people were injured today morning as a gas stove or cylinder blew up in the apartment in Dushanbe, according to information from the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES).

The MES source says the accident took place in one of apartments in the residential building at the



Nemat Qaraboyev Street


in


Dushanbe


(


144/1 Nemat Qaraboyev Street


).  Six people, including three children were in the apartment when the gas blast occurred, according to the source.  “All of them were taken to the


Dushanbe


Burn


Treatment


Center


,” the Asia-Plus interlocutor said. 

Specialists from Tajik interior ministry and emergency services are currently working in the site of the explosion. 

Holding of Tajik national exhibition in Russia will promote expansion of Russian-Tajik cooperation: Russia Ambassador

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DUSHANBE, January 12, Asia-Plus – Holding of Tajikistan’s national exhibition in Moscow promotes further expansion of Russian-Tajik cooperation strengthening of mutual understanding and confidence between business communities of the two countries, a letter by Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, to the head of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Saidov, says.   .

According to information from the CCI, in his letter, Russian Ambassador appreciates the CCI’s support for holding of the Russian national exhibition in



Dushanbe


(November 29 – December 2), on sidelines of which an economic forum entitled “


Russia


and


Tajikistan


.  Economic Cooperation: Realities and Prospects” was held.   

Holding of these events may give new impulse to development and intensification of mutually beneficial cooperation between


Russia


and


Tajikistan


in trade-economic, scientific-technical, information and cultural spheres, the letter says.  The Russian national exhibition in


Tajikistan


has demonstrated high interest of Russian business circles in


Tajikistan


’s market, and great potentials of bilateral cooperation, Russian Ambassador stressed.

Tajik prosecutors report criminal proceedings instituted against pair allegedly trafficking local women to UAE

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, January 12, Asia-Plus – Prosecutor’s office in


northern province


of Sughd has instituted criminal proceedings against a couple in Khujand, who were allegedly involved in trafficking local young women to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Asia-Plus has learned from the source in the Tajik chief prosecutor’s office. 

They face charges under Article 132, Part 3 of the Criminal Code – recruiting persons for the purpose of exploitation, the source said, adding that their names are not disclosed in the interest of the investigation.    

According to the source, the pair promised two women from Khujand, whose names are disclosed at their request, jobs in the UAE, but the women they recruited were actually intended for UAE brothels.  The man named as Ilhom told them that his wife and he himself had prestigious jobs and earned good money.  He promised them jobs in the city of


Sharja


. 

The women were tempted by his promises and left for the UAE in June 2002.  In the Sharja airport they were met by a woman, who introduced herself as Munira.  She took their travel documents and forced them to be engaged in prostitution.  The women managed to return home only in December 2005 and lodge application against the pair to the Sughd prosecutor’s office.  Investigation is under way.  

Four kilograms of heroin discovered in train Kulob-Moscow

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QURGHON TEPPA, January 12, Asia-Plus – Officers of the Qurghon Teppa transportation police directorate have warded off an attempt by drug pushers to transport four kilograms of heroin to the



Russian Federation


. 

The Qurghon Teppa transportation police directorate deputy chief Muzaffar Boymatov, has told Asia-Plus that at midnight of January 11, their officers detained two persons who were trying to hide four kilograms of heroin in the cellar of one of carriages of the train Kulob-Moscow that was being prepared for the first route.  The detainees proved to be resident of Rudaki District and their names are not disclosed in the interest of investigation, the Asia-Plus interlocutor said.    Criminal proceedings have been instituted on drug trafficking charges.

“Due to operational and professional actions of police an attempt of transporting the drugs to the


Russian Federation


was warded off and


Tajikistan


’s prestige will not be hurt,” Boymatov said.  

Russian “Siloviye Mashiny” company supplier of main equipment for Sangtuda-1 hydropower plant in Tajikistan

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, January 11, Asia-Plus – Russian open joint-stock company (OJSC) “Siloviye Mashiny” (power-machines) should manufacture and supply hydro generators and other equipment for the first three energy block with capacity of 167.5 megawatt of Sangtuda-1 hydropower plant being constructed in



Tajikistan


.  

The source in the Tajik Ministry of Energy has told Asia-Plus that the “Siloviye Mashiny” won a tender for supply of the main energy equipment for Sangtuda-1 power plant. 

Russian news agency “Biznes Novosti” reports a total cost of the contract is US$80 million. Besides “Siloviye Mashiny”, “Alstom” (France-Poland) and Elsib (Russian city of


Novosibirsk


) participated in this tender announced by the Tajik Energy Ministry in the autumn last year.   Bids made by the “Siloviye Mashiny” company proved to be the most optimal.  Production of the first bulk f the equipment is scheduled for 2007 and the first energy block of the Santuda-1 station is supposed to be put into operation in mid-2008.  

Russian concern “Siloviye Mashiny” is a leading Russian producer and supplier of equipment for hydroelectric, thermoelectric and atomic power stations, as well as transport and railways equipment.  Equipment produced by the concern’s enterprises has been installed in 87 countries across the world.  

50 other trolleybuses to arrive in Tajik capital by end of first quarter

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DUSHANBE


, January 11, Asia-Plus – 50 other new trolleybuses, US$58,000 each, will arrive in


Dushanbe


by the end of the first quarter of the year,

Asia

-Plus has learned at the “Dushanbegorpastrans” (


Dushanbe


passenger transport service).

“These trolleybuses are the final stage of the implementation of an agreement that was concluded between the Dushanbe mayor’s office and the Russian trolleybus-manufacturing plant “TrolZa” last year,” the Asia-Plus interlocutor said, adding that the first bulk numbering 50 trolleybuses had arrived in the Tajik capital by the end of 2005.  

At present, these trolleybuses are running on the routes ## 1 and 2 in


Dushanbe


.  

We will recall that US$5.80 million have been provided from the city budget for purchasing 100 trolleybuses from


Russia


.  

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