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Turkmenistan
Tariq Saeedi
March 07, 2011
MTS, the Russian provider of cellphone and wireless Internet, has snuffed any chances of resuming its obscenely lucrative operations in Turkmenistan.
Tariq Saeedi
March 06, 2011
Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, the long dormant project, is back to life with support from Turkmenistan. There are ecological concerns that must be addressed before putting any pipelines across the Caspian bed.
Dalga Khatinoglu
August 24, 2010
The intensive involvement of foreign companies in energy projects of Turkmenistan, the UN Security Council's sanctions against Tehran's nuclear program and as a consequence, the refusal of Europe and the United States from participation in energy projects of Iran, can leave Turkmenistan without a co...
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
June 07, 2010
In twenty one earlier articles, I republished the preliminary parts and 15 Africa-focused chapters of the 2010 Annual Report which was released a few days ago by the leading humanitarian NGO Amnesty International. Titles of and links to these articles are available in the latest of the series:
A...
James Stafford
December 23, 2009
A look at the Central Asia–China gas pipeline that links Turkmenistan´s natural gas fields on the Caspian Sea to the Western Chinese border in the Xinjiang province.
It also analyses the impact this has on Russia, China, Turkmenistan and what this means for Gazprom.
Tariq Saeedi
November 15, 2009
Two new gas export pipelines of Turkmenistan will come into operation in December 2009, one going to China and the other to Iran. Together, they will break the bear hug of Russia on the economy of Turkmenistan.
