Turkmenistan
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Turkmenistan: Everybody yurts, sometimes
In a rare nod to reality, Turkmenistan’s strongman hints at austerity.
Dirty money investigation reviews identified payments worth $1.4bn linked to Turkmenistan
One case saw a $1.6mn payment from Turkmen trade ministry to a Scottish company for “confectioneries”. The money passed through Deutsche Bank in New York and arrived in a Latvian bank account.
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Disasters in the making
Iran, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan among countries ranked most vulnerable by inaugural edition of Ecological Threat Register.
Turkmenistan: They call me Mr. Boombastic
For all the bombastic propaganda, there is no papering over the fact that Turkmenistan is still clearly struggling with a COVID-19 problem.
'Daunting challenges lie in way of those minded to revive Trans-Caspian Pipeline project'
Analyst says: “TCP has great political appeal and is destined to remain alive for many years, if only on PowerPoint presentations... it will provide fodder for politicians and bureaucrats (ignorant of or not understanding commercial realities)."