17.03.2019

US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

Although the 2016 constitution declares Turkmenistan to be a secular democracy, the country has an authoritarian government controlled by the president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and his inner circle.

Executive Summary

Although the 2016 constitution declares Turkmenistan to be a secular democracy, the country has an authoritarian government controlled by the president, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and his inner circle. Berdimuhamedov became president in 2006 and remained president following a February 2017 presidential election. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) determined that the election involved limited choice between competing political alternatives and found “serious irregularities.”… >> подробнее

03.03.2019

EU Reporter

Prominent Turkish investor has alleged that the Turkmenistan government “has run out of financial resources” and questioned its ability to pay its bills.

Oguzhan Cakirolgu, a board member of a former Turkish investor in Turkmenistan, reportedly said the government had “run out of financial resources and it hasn’t been paying for finished contracts, let alone being able to pay for new ones”.

He went on to claim that the government of Turkmenistan, with the world’s fourth-largest gas reserves, “has not been paying companies for more than 3 years”.

Cakirolgu Group has now pulled out of the country.

The regime’s record appears to confirm the bleak picture Cakirolgu portrays: Polimeks, another Turkish contractor, has stopped work… >> подробнее

04.02.2019

Simon Calder

Turkmenistan Airlines, which also flies to Birmingham, has been added to the European air safety risk register.

One of the leading budget routes between the UK and India has come to an abrupt end after the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) placed Turkmenistan Airlines on a blacklist.

The airline from the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan flies from Heathrow and Birmingham to Delhi and Amritsar via Ashgabat.

It has been banned from flying to or from the EU, according to a Foreign Office notice put out overnight for travellers to India.

A spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority said: «Turkmenistan Airline flights from Birmingham and Heathrow to Amritsar, and Heathrow… >> подробнее