Overview

• Two hours of talks between Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe ended with a signed package covering trade, IT, transport, education and healthcare.
• Putin said more than 97% of Russia–Tajikistan transactions now use national currencies, citing expanded payment channels and bank cooperation.
• A migration health-screening accord lets Tajik workers complete mandatory medical checks at a designated facility in Dushanbe without repeat examinations in Russia, alongside updates to the organized recruitment protocol.
• Russia’s National Guard and Tajikistan’s National Guard signed a cooperation agreement during the visit, underscoring expanded security ties.
• Domestically, authorities announced new enforcement moves, including the arrest of two 2005-born suspects in Ulyanovsk over a cell-tower arson labeled terrorism and the pretrial detention of a warehouse head in the Leningrad region linked to deadly counterfeit alcohol.