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'Despite the stereotypes, I did not give up on my dream': the stories of Uzbekistan's policewomen

For Internal Affairs Officers' Day (October 25), the outlet Gazeta published the stories of three women serving in Uzbekistan's Interior Ministry system: Colonel Dilnoza Rajabova, Lieutenant Colonel Bahor Jumanova and Captain Zilola Abduakhadova. They spoke about gender stereotypes, their career paths, awards, and work with tourists and children. For the Day of Internal Affairs Officers (October 25), the outlet Gazeta published the stories of three women serving in Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs system: Colonel Dilnoza Rajabova, Lieutenant Colonel Bakhor Jumanova and Captain Zilola Abduakhadova. They spoke about gender stereotypes, their career paths, awards, and work with tourists and children.

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Tajikistan's Interior Ministry to register fortune tellers, their clients and relatives in a unified database

Tajikistan's Interior Ministry announced plans to create a unified database that will include fortune tellers, sorcerers, prostitutes and their clients, as well as their close relatives. The registry is also planned to include drug addicts and religious figures without proper education. In the first half of 2026, 93 cases of fortune telling were identified in Dushanbe, and criminal cases were opened against five people.

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Tajikistan's Interior Ministry Creates Special Registry of Fortune Tellers, Their Clients and Family Members

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan is forming a database for constant monitoring of fortune tellers, sorcerers, prostitutes, their clients and family members, as well as persons linked to drugs. The measures are explained by the fight against superstition. In the first half of 2026, 93 cases related to fortune telling were identified in Dushanbe.

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Russia may tighten penalties for driving without a license: fine for repeat offense to rise to 50,000 rubles

The government commission on legislative activity has backed the Interior Ministry's initiative to raise fines for driving a car without a driver's license. The base fine is proposed to be increased from 5,000–15,000 to 15,000–30,000 rubles, while a separate penalty of 30,000 to 50,000 rubles is to be introduced for repeat offenses, without the 25% discount for early payment.

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