Changes

===Foreign Relations===

===Foreign Relations===

With the ouster of the former Taliban government from Afghanistan, Tajikistan now has much friendlier relations with its neighbor to the south. Though a pull-out of Russian border guards was completed in July 2005, Tajikistan continues to permit basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent.  

With the ouster of the former Taliban government from Afghanistan, Tajikistan now has much friendlier relations with its neighbor to the south. Though a pull-out of Russian border guards was completed in July 2005, Tajikistan continues to permit basing of the Russian 201st Motorized Rifle Division that never left Tajikistan when it became independent.

 

Citizens of Tajikistan can enter the [[Russian Federation]] without a visa for 90 days, where many of them then find employment in manual and/or low-skilled labor. In return, their remittances help keep their struggling country afloat.

==Economy==

==Economy==