Most dictators settle for controlling the present. Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled Turkmenistan from its independence in 1991 until his death in 2006, had considerably more ambition than that. He wanted ...

This year, specialists from the Construction and Installation Department of the “Türkmengazüpjünçilik” Association have built more than sixty kilometers of new gas pipelines in Dashoguz velayat as ...

In most countries passing a driving test is determined - unsurprisingly - by the candidate's ability to drive. But in Turkmenistan, knowledge of the highway code and control of the steering wheel are ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi recently congratulated President Donald Trump in a Cabinet meeting, saying that he has personally saved 258 million lives. Bondi said millions of fentanyl-laced pills that ...

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When I last talked to Randy “R Dub” Williams, he was on a wait list to visit Turkmenistan, the Central Asian country that declared its independence in 1991 after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The ...

"While I wanted to talk about shaping fake wildlife images, I realised that I’ve been shaping myself according to the patriarchal gaze from the outside" ...

This documentary investigates the morality of international companies and the dictatorship of oil-and-gas-rich Turkmenistan. These companies help give the dictatorship the propaganda support that it ...

Two senior lawmakers have suggested that President Shavkat Mirziyoev, who enjoys virtually unrestrained political power in Uzbekistan, should be given the honorary title of "head of the nation." It's ...