Despite reform, Turkmens told to exalt late autocrat’s book
ASHGABAT (Reuters Life!) – The president of the Central Asian state of Turkmenistan on Wednesday suggested there were limits to his desire to reform, urging the nation to honour a book written by his predecessor, one of the world’s most eccentric autocrats. Seeking warmer ties with the West as he seeks alternative gas export routes to cut his country’s dependence on Russia, Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has begun to slowly unwind his predecessor’s policies amid some signs he is ready to gradually allow more freedom. . . .
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