Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Tajikistan vote seen as easy win for strongman Emomali Rahmon” – below is their description.
Tajikistan goes to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election expected to make incumbent Emomali Rahmon, in charge since independence in 1992, the longest-ruling leader in the former Soviet state.
Analysts say political and economic reform is vital if the country – the poorest of the post-soviet states – is to avoid the instability and violence it’s experienced in the past.
Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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