The government in Turkmenistan has plans to make the country tobacco-free by 2025. While Turkmen citizens don't doubt the immense health benefits of the initiative, critics slam the repressive methods ...

Reforms are taking a curious twist in Turkmenistan, a state still regarded as among the most repressive on earth, despite the oft-stated desire of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov to "take care of ...