Alif Capital Alif Capital is said to have been set up to provide financing solutions in accordance with Islamic finance as soon as the instructions by NBT are available. Alif Capital Alif Capital (тадж. "Алиф Сармоя", рус. "Алиф Капитал") – is the first micro-financing organization in the Republic of Tajikistan which uses the principles of Islamic Finance. It is located in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. In August 2014, the law regulating Islamic finance was finally enacted, however, the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) is currently working on issuing instructions for the financial institutions that wish to work under the principles of Islamic Finance. Nevertheless,
Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic renamed to the Karelian Soviet Socialist Republic (; ). The Karelian SSR was renamed to the Republic of Karelia on November 13, 1991 and remains a federal subject of Russia. Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (; ), or, in short, the Karelian ASSR (; ), sometimes referred to as Soviet Karelia or simply Karelia was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, with the capital in Petrozavodsk. The Karelian ASSR was formed as a part of the Russian SFSR by the Resolution of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (VTsIK)