Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus is Tajikistan's best-known independent media group, founded in Dushanbe in 1995 and publishing news in Tajik, Russian and English. Repeatedly blocked inside Tajikistan since 2018 over reporting that touched the presidential family, it continues to operate through mirror domains such as asiaplus.news and remains the country's most widely read independent news source.

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Asia-Plus at a glance

Country: Tajikistan
Region: Central Asia · Asia
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: asiaplus.news ↗
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How Crosswire groups Asia-Plus

Crosswire groups Asia-Plus as Centrist for comparisons within Tajikistan's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Asia-Plus sits in Tajikistan's press

Asia-Plus is one of 3 outlets tracked in Tajikistan, and one of 3 news agencies among them — the others being Khovar and Avesta. By outlets tracked, Tajikistan ranks 33rd of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.

Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 26 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Asia-Plus outside Tajikistan, starting with Central Asia, are Kazinform (Kazakhstan), UzA (Uzbekistan), 24.kg (Kyrgyzstan) and TDH (Turkmenistan). Opening one of them beside Asia-Plus is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.