http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/06/26/turkmenistan-an-adult-a-leader-about-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=turkmenistan-an-adult-a-leader-about-time The FPA Global Affairs Blog Network Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:43:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/06/26/turkmenistan-an-adult-a-leader-about-time/#comment-2682 Central Asia » Blog Archive » Turkmenistan: spoke too soon . . . Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:41:01 +0000 http://centralasia.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2007/06/26/turkmenistan-an-adult-a-leader-about-time/#comment-2682 [...] In a previous short post, I noted that Mr. Niyazov’s successor, President Berdymukhammedov, had eschewed the country-wide birthday party that had become customary for Turkmenbashi in favor of more private celebrations.  I was particularly pleased that he had separated the public from the private realm. [...] [...] In a previous short post, I noted that Mr. Niyazov’s successor, President Berdymukhammedov, had eschewed the country-wide birthday party that had become customary for Turkmenbashi in favor of more private celebrations.  I was particularly pleased that he had separated the public from the private realm. [...]

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