Tajik Shuffling

IWPR reports on President Imamali Rahmonov's reshuffling of Tajikistan's government, including moving Lieutenant-General Ghafur Mirzoev from his military commant to a post in the Drugs Control Agency. Mirzoev played a major role in securing Rahmonov's power during the Tajik Civil War, and his ouster undoubtedly signals an attempt by the President to consolidate power. IWPR also ventures that taken as a whole, Rahmonov's moves suggest that Tajikistan will adopt a pro-Western Europe/United States foreign policy as opposed to an alignment with Russia.