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On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan — one of the world’s most secretive states — Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his passengers...
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Iraq on Friday signed an initial agreement with Turkmenistan to import much-needed gas for the country’s insufficient and dilapidated electricity grid, officials said. They...
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Turkmenistan’s authoritarian leader launched an “unprecedented” anti-smoking crusade Thursday, ordering the Central Asia country to rid itself completely of tobacco within two years. President...
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Parliamentary polls were underway on Sunday in Turkmenistan, a gas-rich nation ruled by one family for nearly two decades that does not tolerate political...
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Turkmenistan heads to the polls on Saturday in a tightly-controlled leadership vote that is all but certain to yield ex-Soviet Central Asia’s first father-son...
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Authoritarian Turkmenistan is quietly preparing for a father-son power transition during a presidential election on Saturday as the world reels and markets jangle over...
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The son of Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has been nominated to run for president next month, state media said Monday, after the autocrat said...
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Turkmenistan’s autocrat Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, who has signalled his intention to step down as president, went from personal dentist of the country’s eccentric former leader...
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President Berdymukhamedov has ordered his government to find a way to put the fire out because of its negative impact on the environment.