Nearly a Million Tajiks Have Taken Russian Citizenship Affecting Both Countries

Nearly a Million Tajiks Have Taken Russian Citizenship Affecting Both Countries

Executive Summary: More than 800,000 Tajiks have acquired Russian citizenship over the last decade. Most have taken advantage of the right to dual citizenship that a 1995 accord uniquely allows among the countries of the former Soviet space. This arrangement has limited Moscow’s ability to restrict unpopular immigration and is even changing the country’s ethnic mix. Dual citizenship simultaneously poses a challenge to Tajikistan’s independence …