Prices on printing services in Khujand, administrative center of the northern Sughd province have drastically increased, and local newspapers cannot afford such expences.

The government newspapers Khakikati Sughd (4750 copies), Sughd Khakikati (Uzbek-language newspaper, 2000 copies), and Sogdiiskaya Pravda (Russian-language newspaper, 1950 copies) always were printed in the Khujand printing house. According to publishers, they have printed the recent two issues in a printing house in the city of Istravshan. The average cost of one copy in Istravshan is 5-6 Dirams. All the papers mentioned above are published twice a week.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service