With A Russian In A Tajik Jail, Moscow Aims Its Reprisal At Migrant Workers -- New York TimesMOSCOW — The imprisonment of a Russian citizen in Tajikistan has touched off reprisals against ethnic Tajik migrant workers in Russia who say they have been unjustly targeted for arrest and deportation.
Immigration agents have rounded up at least 300 ethnic Tajiks in the last two weeks, according to the Federal Migration Service, though independent human rights workers said they believed that hundreds more might have been detained. Tajik officials said the first deportees began arriving home this week, though it was unclear how many would ultimately be expelled.
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More News On The Deteriorating Relations Between Russia And Tajikistan
Row between Russia and Tajikistan escalates -- BBC
Afghanistan Impounds Russian Freight Plane With 'False Tail Number' -- Radio Free Europe
Russian party suggests suspending visa-free regime with Tajikistan -- RIA Novosti
Tajiks Caught In Russian Crossfire Over Pilot Jailings -- Radio Free Europe
Russia begins deporting Tajik labor migrants amid diplomatic row over jailed Russian pilot -- Washington Post/AP
Update: Tajikistan has backed down, with the Tajik President ordering the release of the jailed Russian pilots.
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