Barot Yusufi is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Tajik Service.
A Tajik man has been left stateless after Moscow annulled his Russian citizenship and extradited him to Tajikistan last year to face trial. Tajikistan has since dropped a criminal case against Qadam Ismatov, but his Russian citizenship hasn't been reinstated.
A new survey shows Tajiks watch less Russian TV than they did three years ago. Respondents said they have increased interest in Persian and Uzbek entertainment channels, though Russian news programs still play a major role in shaping public opinion.
A huge billboard showing Manizha, a well-known Russian singer with Tajik roots, in a national satin dress and a revealing neckline on Times Square in New York City has provoked a strong reaction on social networks.
Following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the previous government's funding for a school for Afghans in Tajikistan's capital was cut off. A school official hopes wealthy Afghans can step in, but so far, parents of the students have had to help cover the costs to pay rent for the school.
Ruhshona Akhmedova and Zarnigor Sangova were cautiously introduced last month by doctors from a Tajik organ-transplant center. They hit it off immediately. They had to.
