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Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
In the hands of the Turkmen people, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov’s regime tends to view the Internet as a dangerous implement. Yet, kept under proper supervision, Berdymukhamedov evidently feels the web can make the Turkmen government more efficient.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Turkmenistan and Italy signed a number of bilateral cooperation agreements during Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's visit on Wednesday.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov will start a two-day official visit to Italy on Tuesday.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... praise the men for having the nerve to stand up to Turkmenbashi's autocratic successor, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. "He's a hero," said a 24-year-old man in Ashgabat, speaking of the siege ringleader. "Everyone supported him. My neighbours and I thought, should we go? We would have gone into the streets if everyone went, but no one did." Ashgabat stands...
Registan.net (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... paragraph: Shortly after Niyazov’s death in December 2006, a 52-year-old former dentist named Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov ascended to the leadership, leveraging both political and tribal allegiances — like Niyazov he is a member of the Tekke tribe — to consolidate power and orchestrate, in true Soviet fashion, an “election” to the presidency. Despite his obscure background, Mr. Berdymukhamedov’s...
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... to foreign businesses, save for a few large and opaque gas and construction firms. But since Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov took over the presidency in 2007, the Turkmen government has proclaimed an interest in opening up its economy.Berdymukhamedov himself was due to open the conference, but pulled out at the last minute because he was "very busy," according to Turkmen officials....
