Has Turkmenistan changed at all?

BBC Sunday 12th February, 2012

Five years after the death of long-time leader Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan is holding elections. The BBC's Rayhan Demytrie asks whether the closed Central Asian nation has changed under its new president, who is assured of a landslide win. "People will vote for the current president because there is no other choice, other candidates are some ...

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