SPIEGEL Central Asia Special: The New Great GameIn a special series, SPIEGEL explores Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan ... Josef Stalin, put his stamp on the region when he redrew the borders of Central Asia. Stalin created five Soviet republics, carving up traditional ...
No threat to tight grip in Turkmenistan from multi-party voteThe 56-year-old leader wields virtually unlimited power and is officially nicknamed Arkadag, or The Patron, in his mainly Muslim Central Asian state of 5.5 million ... 15 election will herald a new stage of Turkmenistan's democracy," state television ...
The Stamp Seal MysteryThe downside is that you tend to miss the little things, like stamp seals ... missiles are falling on Afghanistan, just across Turkmenistan’s southeastern border. War is an old story in Central Asia, older than civilization itself, but it may not ...
Only nominal competition in Turkmenistan's voteASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Energy-rich Turkmenistan held its first multi-party parliamentary elections Sunday, but all the contenders swore loyalty to the Central Asian nation's autocratic ... which has served as a rubber stamp for Berdymukhamedov.
Only nominal competition in Turkmenistan's voteEnergy-rich Turkmenistan held its first multi-party parliamentary elections Sunday, but all the contenders swore loyalty to the Central Asian nation's autocratic ... which has served as a rubber stamp for Berdymukhamedov. "I'm confident that the elected ...
Lots Of Personality: Central Asia's Vanity ProjectsAll Central Asian countries celebrate a National Flag Day, apart from Kazakhstan. Getting married in Turkmenistan is no easy task ... couples register and traditionally rubber-stamp their union by having a wedding photo taken there under the watchful ...