Russia has put more than 6,500 Tajik citizens on the wanted list

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is searching for 6,585 citizens of Tajikistan. Among them are opposition activists and their relatives.

The independent Russian portal “Mediazona” has compiled all the search cards from the database on the Ministry of Internal Affairs website into a single database. The database includes thousands of foreigners, including hundreds of civil society activists from Central Asian countries, who are presumably being sought at the request of their countries of origin. This includes leaders of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, “Group 24,” members of these organizations, and their relatives.

The authorities of Tajikistan, having accumulated vast experience in discrediting the Tajik people and damaging the country’s reputation in various ways over the past few years, announced in February of this year, with the assistance of Russian authorities, the search for 6,585 individuals on the territory of Russia and the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

In addition to natives of CIS member states, the list also includes citizens of Ukraine, Moldova, and Azerbaijan. At the top of the list of wanted individuals are citizens of Russia – 33,785 people, of which 2,301 are natives of Chechnya, followed by citizens of Armenia – 11,142 people, citizens of Uzbekistan – 10,473 people, and citizens of Tajikistan – 6,585 people.