The main award of the Tajik Association of Political Writers – the award named after Muteullo Najmiddinov in the amount of 500 Somoni is given to Bakhtiyor Murtazayev.

The documentary novelette “Nakbi Istiklol” written by Bakhtiyor Murtazayev is acknowledged the best publication of this genre among the Tajik writers and journalists in 2007.

The second award in the amount of 350 Somoni was given to Vladimir Vorobyov, editor of the Tajik weekly Narodnaya Gazeta for his series of publications about the relations between Tajikistan and Russia.

The third award in the amount of 200 Somoni was given to Jurakul Ajibov, correspondent of Khalk Ovozi weekly.

Kamil Magomedov, third secretary of the Russian Embassy to Tajikistan gave a special award of the Embassy to Vladimir Frolov, correspondent of the newspaper Courier of Tajikistan.

The contest among journalists and writers on the best political publication was launched in February 2007 by the Tajik Association of Political Writers, and was supported by the Russian Embassy.

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