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20.12.2016 11:15 msk Analytics Human Rights Politics Religious life Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan
A photo collage of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedow and preacher Fethullah Gulen
17.11.2016 17:52 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia Interview Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Rosaria Puglisi, NATO Liaison Officer to Central Asia, Head of Office
02.11.2015 17:04 msk Analytics Books Interview Turkmenistan
The Swedish publishing house “Gun” has issued the first collection of uncensored modern Turkmen prose and poetry in twenty years. There are twelve authors, two of whom published their writings solely in the Russian language whereas the rest are in both Russian and Turkmen. The collection entitled “B
18.09.2015 00:59 msk Afghanistan Analytics Business Central Asia China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
We discussed Russia’s “southward turn”, a much-discussed topic lately, with Vladimir Milov, a well-known Russian economist, politician and Demokraticheskiy Vybor Party Chairman. After all, the roads to “long monies” that are vital for any economy’s survival are closed in the Europe-bound directions.
25.11.2014 23:05 msk Human Rights Politics Russia Turkmenistan
On 31 October 2014, the Presnenskiy District Court in Moscow dismissed the complaint lodged by Tatyana Shikhmuradova, the wife of Boris Sikhmuradov who is imprisoned for life in Turkmenistan. Mrs. Shikhmuradova lodged a lawsuit against the foreign affairs ministry of Russia, which has applied no eff
12.11.2014 17:57 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Interview Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Religious life Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Several weeks ago ISIS (also known as ISIL and Islamic State) forces reached Turkey’s borders, destroying all ‘infidels’ in their path, by which they mean both Christians and Muslims belonging to other branches of Islam. Support for ISIS has also extended beyond its region: Afghan and Pakistani memb
24.10.2014 13:41 msk Afghanistan Analytics Central Asia China Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Politics Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Carnegie Moscow Center presented the “Exploring the Prospects of Russian-Turkish Cooperation in a Turbulent Neighborhood” report compiled by the Carnegie Center and the Global Relations Forum (GRF) in Istanbul. The two organizations established a Working Group dedicated to exploring the potential fo
09.07.2014 23:47 msk Business Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Turkey, Republic of Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
Speak Up is part of the largest language school network in Poland, which belongs to the international capital group Empik Media & Fashion. In 2012 revenues of the Group were about PLN 3.2 billion (over 1 trillion USD).
30.10.2013 10:05 msk Human Rights Politics Turkmenistan
The Turkmenistan Civic Solidarity Group announces the beginning of our international campaign, “Prove They Are Alive!”
14.12.2012 09:50 msk Turkmenistan
Turkmen students have everything that adults have, i.e. they unquestioningly obey their leadership, they cannot express their opinion if they differ from those of their leaders, be it a teacher, dean, vice chancellor or the chancellor himself. In a word, if they are told “it must be” then it must be
05.09.2012 14:21 msk Turkmenistan
The Park of Independence is undergoing reconstruction in Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan). Fountains, paths, and young trees planted to replace of the previous old ones, all look beautiful only in their first year. Gradually, but relentlessly, time takes its destructive toll and the ostentatious luxury of t
29.08.2012 20:28 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
Industrial action is extremely rare in Turkmenistan, because of the fear of retribution in this police state. But several localised strikes and protests in recent months suggest the government is prepared to make concessions on pay in order to keep the peace.
02.08.2012 10:47 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
The Turkmen government has made major cuts to the subsidies it has traditionally provided its population. In July, it removed a subsidy system for flour which had been in place for the last 15 years. Each household used to get coupons which they could exchange for flour at a special low price.
29.06.2012 17:43 msk Human Rights Turkmenistan
The Soviet-era practice of holding show trials for individuals accused of relatively minor economic crimes is alive and well in Turkmenistan , and local observers say that once in the system, defendants have no chance of a fair hearing. For the state, it is a demonstration of power, and for the secu
13.05.2012 00:44 msk Turkmenistan
Stray dogs in Turkmenistan get poisoned with pieces of sausage stuffed with deadly substances or broken glass scattered around junk yards. Poisoned dogs convulse in agony for hours, barking and howling in a high-pitched voice, saliva and blood dripping from mouth. If you have a dog in Ashgabat, the
28.05.2010 15:52 msk Turkmenistan
Book cover The grandson fulfills his grandfather’s dream
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