Overview

• The joint statement from Moscow and Dushanbe calls for signing and swiftly bringing into force the UN convention against cybercrime and for drafting an additional protocol.
• Russia and Tajikistan pledged closer security coordination, including counterterrorism, military and military‑technical ties, efforts against radicalization, and stronger cooperation to curb drug trafficking.
• Vladimir Putin said the talks were businesslike and productive and noted common positions on international issues grounded in international law, sovereignty and non‑interference.
• Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Russia briefed Tajikistan on the Putin–Trump meeting in Anchorage and ongoing contacts, and confirmed that Putin and Emomali Rahmon discussed the war in Ukraine.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reported a serious pause in settlement talks with Kyiv, as Russia also highlighted domestic security cases, including an arrest over lethal surrogate alcohol in Leningrad Region, an FSB terrorism probe in Chuvashia, and prison terms of 15–17 years for three captured Ukrainian servicemen in Kursk.