The authorities of Tajikistan will increase spending on defense and security to 4.7 billion somoni (446 million dollars). According to Radio Ozodi, citing a decision from the Ministry of Finance, in 2025, Tajikistan’s spending on the army and law enforcement agencies will amount to 2.8 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). In 2024, Tajikistan’s […]
The authorities of Tajikistan will increase spending on defense and security to 4.7 billion somoni (446 million dollars).
According to Radio Ozodi, citing a decision from the Ministry of Finance, in 2025, Tajikistan’s spending on the army and law enforcement agencies will amount to 2.8 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).
In 2024, Tajikistan’s spending on defense and security was 2.6 percent of the country’s GDP or 3.7 billion somoni (354 million dollars).
Due to the confidential nature of the information, no further details are provided.
On August 9, the head of the investigative department of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of Tajikistan, Nasriddin Nizomzoda, reported at a press conference about the embezzlement of budget funds on a large scale within the structures of the Ministry of Defense.
Nizomzoda informed journalists that as a result of an audit of financial activities in the structural divisions of the Ministry of Defense, facts of embezzlement of state funds totaling 123 million 972 thousand somoni were uncovered. According to the official, nine criminal cases have been sent to the Supreme Court.
The head of the investigative department of the anti-corruption agency also stated that these budget funds were intended for providing military personnel with clothing and provisions, for border security, and for ensuring safety in the country, but were embezzled by civil servants and officials of the Ministry of Defense. At that time, criminal cases were initiated against 52 individuals and sent to court for further consideration.