https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/92518fc8-d154-4613-8136-0a163ede10d6 More than 800,000 Tajiks have acquired Russian citizenship over the past decade under a unique dual citizenship agreement between Moscow and Dushanbe. The arrangement provides Russia with badly needed workforce while helping Tajikistan sustain its economy through remittances. But growing anti-migrant sentiment inside Russia is turning the agreement into an increasingly explosive political issue. For Tajikistan, widespread Russian citizenship also raises uncomfortable questions about Moscow’s long-term influence over the country. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Benjamin Lee and his guest, Paul Goble, Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Jamestown Foundation, examine how migration, demographics and imperial ambition collide inside Putin’s vision for the post-Soviet space. 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Russia #Tajikistan #Migration Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:56:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/92518fc8-d154-4613-8136-0a163ede10d6 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.