Flagpole and “Aryan Culture Years”
This year, the CIS countries unanimously and pompously celebrate the anniversary of the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20 century. The celebration of the anniversaries of independence is reminiscent of dancing on the bones, impetuous orgy, imbued with window dressing and kitsch for “achieving independence”. Citizens of a shattered great country who do not want to accept the 20 catastrophe that took place years ago as a given or even a blessing, these celebrations do not cause anything but sadness and sincere disgust. The festivities are lush and loud, and therefore expensive. Still, the USSR, which means Russia oppressed us, squeezed all the juice out of us, and now we are independent and thriving. This idea is inspired by the leaders of the former Soviet republics to their citizens. Tajikistan has also succeeded in such propaganda as the greatest Central Asian power. The apogee of this propaganda was the construction of the world's highest flagpole in Dushanbe: the construction of 165 meters in height should be a real embodiment of the greatness of Tajikistan and its achievements over the years of independence.There are a lot of reasons for unrestrained joy over the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of independence: education has been almost completely destroyed in the country, a considerable part of young people read and write with difficulty, if not completely illiterate. The unemployment rate exceeds the limit, which is the reason for the mass departure of citizens of the republic beyond its borders in search of any kind of work. In addition, Tajikistan has won the notoriety of the intermediary country of drug trafficking.
A distinctive feature of the propaganda of the ideas of twenty-year independent prosperity is the literal sucking of achievements from the finger, multiplied by the idea of the origin of the now independent people from representatives of the great ancient Eurasian civilization, the status of which is claimed by all titular peoples of the former USSR, including Ukrainians. This is written in textbooks. stories, written by the latter-day luminaries of historical science, massively manifested in the territory of esengovii.
The Tajiks, who really are descendants of the Aryan civilization, as well as all Indo-Europeans, went the furthest. But now is not about that. The Aryan idea in Tajikistan claims the status of a national one. In the year 2005 in the country, on the personal initiative of President Rakhmon, even the Year of Aryan Culture was held, posters with a swastika, an important ancient Aryan symbol, appeared on the streets of the cities of Tajikistan. What kind of Russian language and friendship of the peoples ...
In the meantime, despite their Aryan origin, the citizens of Tajikistan, by hook or by crook, rush to work in Russia, and no restrictive measures and deportations can reduce the flow of Tajik labor migrants to our country. This phenomenon is the most important symbol of the deepest independence of Tajikistan. It is known that the most important prerequisite for state independence is economic self-sufficiency. Unfortunately, Tajikistan initially does not possess this quality. This is due to a number of reasons, primarily of a geographical nature: features of the relief and climate: most of the country is located in the zone of high-altitude zone; underdevelopment of mining; infrastructure crisis. Not a single decade usually resolves these problems. Tajikistan also has no tourist prospects and, given the “good” neighborhood with Afghanistan, it will not appear in the foreseeable future. Thus, the independence of Tajikistan is largely based on the incomes of Tajik hard workers who come to Russia and working people sometimes in inhuman conditions.
With all the unenviability of the economic and geographical position of Tajikistan and the current picture of labor migration, this country is extremely important in geopolitical terms. Tajikistan is the last outpost of Russia in Central Asia, the last frontier that separates our largely shared civilization from the “wild” East: the Taliban and medieval Afghanistan, whose very existence does not promise anything good for our civilization. Therefore, control over Tajikistan is so important to our strategic adversaries, it will allow turning the situation in the whole of Central Asia in any direction that is beneficial for them.
The situation with the Rogun hydropower station, the construction of which has caused disputes between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, is quite indicative. The fact is that in case of successful implementation of this project, Tajikistan will be able to influence the security of Uzbekistan with water resources and thus undermine its ecology, at least this is what Uzbekistan insists on. The solution of the issue with the construction of hydropower plants is able to determine the balance of power in the region for many years to come. The Americans, represented by the World Bank, are already ready to conduct an environmental impact assessment of the project and make a positive verdict on it. This will mean unequivocal support for Tajikistan and Rakhmon personally, which will give him confidence that he needs the Russian foreign policy only to transfer funds from Russia through the hands of his hardworking subjects.
The US interest in Tajikistan is also confirmed by the frequent visits to this country by various American figures, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Commander of the 3 Army Army of US Central Command, Lieutenant Vincent Brooks, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake. According to some reports, secret negotiations took place between representatives of the United States and President Rahmon about the deployment of American military bases on the territory of the republic.
Another test ball abandoned in the direction of Russian influence in the region was the statement by Lieutenant General Brooks about donating to Dushanbe and Tashkent a huge amount of the latest weapons, including modern communications and UAVs after the withdrawal of the Western coalition troops from Afghanistan. Otherwise how aggressive this possible step of the American command cannot be called. The flood of Central Asia with modern weapons - a direct threat to peace in the region and the national security of Russia.
So, it would be nice to limit the independent fervor of Tajikistan, at least with the help of duties on petroleum products. Unfortunately, over the past 20 years, our leaders have not had any other means of influencing their neighbors.
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