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countries."},{"id":22136,"link":"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/2025\/07\/03\/tajikistan-economy-risk\/","name":"tajikistan-economy-risk","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Tajikistan-and-Russia_Fiscality-and-Import.jpg","alt":"Tajikistan and Russia: Imports ban and fiscality_SpecialEurasia"},"title":"Tajikistan: Economic Vulnerabilities and Bilateral Fiscal Dynamics with Russia","author":{"name":"SpecialEurasia OSINT Team","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/author\/wp_13782937\/"},"date":"Jul 3, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-03 10:11:35","modifiedDate":"2025-07-03 12:11:35","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-03 10:11:35","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/category\/monitoring-analysis\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Monitoring & Analysis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/category\/monitoring-analysis\/post-soviet-space\/central-asia\/\" rel=\"category 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report evaluates Tajikistan\u2019s response to the economic pressures stemming from Russia\u2019s targeted import restrictions and Dushanbe\u2019s concurrent implementation of a revised fiscal agreement with Moscow."},{"id":22131,"link":"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/2025\/07\/01\/telegram-whatsapp-osint-russia\/","name":"telegram-whatsapp-osint-russia","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OSINT-Telegram-and-WhatsApp_Russia-e1751374691953.jpg","alt":"OSINT Russia Crackdown and Limit Telegram and WhatsApp_SpecialEurasia"},"title":"Telegram OSINT Channels Blockades and WhatsApp Disruptions in Russia: Why Matters?","author":{"name":"SpecialEurasia OSINT Team","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeurasia.com\/author\/wp_13782937\/"},"date":"Jul 1, 2025","dateGMT":"2025-07-01 12:59:28","modifiedDate":"2025-07-01 15:01:12","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-07-01 13:01:12","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a 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