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Melebash, right, the palomino stallion that won this week's horse beauty contest, with his trainer, Begli Jurayev. To the left is the Lexus SUV that they won. (Photo: Turkmenistan government website)

Turkmenistan: No COVID, no worries

In our weekly briefing: Restrictions easing, COVID denialism persists, foreign suitors come visiting in hope of business, and the latest annual horse jamboree.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 26, 2022
Berdymukhamedovs

Turkmenistan: Respect your elders

Turkmenistan's new president is continuing his father's traditions: Building white elephants, censoring the internet, and booting people out of their homes.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 19, 2022
Turkmenistan cabbage

Turkmenistan: This is Fine

A cratering economy, the world’s slowest internet, and the army takes charge of food production. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 7, 2021
Turkmenistan food

Turkmenistan: Guess WHO’s coming to dinner

The World Health Organization continues to indulge Turkmenistan’s lies about the coronavirus. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 16, 2021
Berdymukhamedov meeting with Sheikh Mansour

Turkmenistan: YouCensorship

Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing: Berdymukhamedov goes traveling and lectures the WHO, while YouTube bows to Turkmen censors and takes down Eurasianet’s channel.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Oct 12, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Serdar in the UAE

Turkmenistan: Plane wrong

Abu Dhabi invests in green energy, China gets another drilling contract, and Ashgabat cuts funding to universities. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jun 22, 2021
horse races

Turkmenistan: Dog and pony show

While the president and his son indulge their favorite pets, food for people is increasingly scarce. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 27, 2021
Serdar Berdymukhamedov visiting St Petersburg last year. (Russian government handout)

Turkmenistan: Master Berdymukhamedov goes to Moscow

Although Turkmenistan is rarely mentioned as a prospective member of the Moscow-led EAEU trading bloc, that notion is quite obviously on the Kremlin’s mind. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Apr 6, 2021
Plowing the ninth circle of investment hell (state media)

Turkmenistan: A ban on all news, ye who enter here

Banned news channels, banned cartoons, and a food crisis on the horizon. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Mar 9, 2021
Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: Where tragedies don’t happen

Cover-ups are the norm. Result: more corruption, higher costs of living and a still-uncontrolled pandemic.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Feb 2, 2021
tomatoes

Turkmenistan: No money, no problems

What ordinary Turkmens have long understood is that in times of trouble, they are by and large on their own.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Jan 5, 2021
snowman

Turkmenistan: How the Grinch stole New Year

As the president celebrates, the economic crisis deepened by a coronavirus outbreak he has refused to acknowledge has left his people in a state of Dickensian misery.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 29, 2020
Gas turbine Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan: The deadly price of lies

Electricity exports; crowd control outside food shops; and despite denials, COVID strikes. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 22, 2020
mask

Turkmenistan: The Germans are coming!

Only the best medicine for the leader. For everyone else, bread shortages.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Dec 1, 2020

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