By Dinka on 2007-03-27 
Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmonov has ordered all civil registry offices to drop the Slavic "-ov" and "-ev" from the end of newborn babies' surnames, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
The announcement by the presidential press service came a week after Rakhmonov said he wanted to return to the traditional version of his name.
Local media have since begun calling the president "Rakhmon."
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