Rustam Emomali is also the chair of Tajikistan’s National Assembly and the son of the country’s president. His recent trip to Moscow is stirring talk, once again, of dynastic transition.
On May 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the mayor of Dushanbe, Rustam Emomali, who also happens to be the chair of Tajikistan’s National Assembly (Majlisi Milli), the upper chamber of the country’s parliament. He’s also the son of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and considered by most analysts to be on a clear trajectory to succeed his father.
As RFE/RL’s Tajik Service, Radio Ozodi, noted, this was Emomali’s first personal meeting with Putin.
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