Gas-Exporter Turkmenistan Suffering Gas Shortages—Report
Turkmenistan has the world’s fourth-largest natural gas reserves and exports billions of dollars worth of gas every year. But its copious reserves are apparently not enough to ensure a stable supply...
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Turkmenistan’s Glitzy Independence Day: A View from the Stands
Photographer: EurasiaNet Turkmenistan marked Independence Day this week. While parts of the gas-rich country were experiencing gas shortages, there was no shortage of pomp and prosperity on display...
View ArticleForced Labor Still Systematic in Turkmenistan – Report
With the arrival of November, the serfs trickle home from Turkmenistan’s cotton fields. But a culture of state employees being forced to labor in menial jobs continues throughout the year, says an...
View ArticleTurkey's Erdogan Visits Turkmenistan, With Afghanistan On The Agenda
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made his first visit to Central Asia since becoming president earlier this year, to Turkmenistan. And while the headline news from the visit was a deal to supply...
View ArticleTurkmenistan and Iran Reignite Gas Affair
Iran, it seems, was calling Turkmenistan’s bluff earlier this summer when Tehran said it no longer needs gas from its northern neighbor. Now a top official says Tehran will keep buying. That is good...
View ArticleTurkmenistan: CIS Powwow Features Russian-Turkmen Horseplay
A meeting of CIS government heads over the weekend came and went with little media attention, an indicator both of the lack of importance prime ministers are accorded in the former Soviet Union and of...
View ArticleVideo Commemorates Turkmenistan’s “Disappeared”
For 12 years, Tatyana Shikmuradova has wondered if her husband is alive or dead. Authorities in her country, Turkmenistan, have answered none of her queries. Her husband, former Foreign Minister Boris...
View ArticlePuncturing The Myths Of Radical Islam In Central Asia
The notion that authoritarian governments and their enablers abroad cynically exaggerate the threat of radical Islamism in Central Asia has become widely accepted. But even well-meaning analysts of...
View ArticleCaspian Sea Navies To Compete In First-Ever Naval Biathlon
The Caspian Sea will see its first -- and probably the world's first -- naval biathlon next summer, with all five littoral states taking part, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced.The naval...
View ArticleKazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran Launch Railroad to Get Trade on Track
The presidents of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran have opened a long-anticipated railroad link connecting landlocked Central Asia to the Persian Gulf. On the Turkmen-Iranian border, Gurbanguly...
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