In hope of securing lucrative business deals with the Turkmen dictatorship,
many international companies haven given their support to the Ruhnama,
Saparmurat Niyazov's propaganda book - thus helping to suppress the
country's voices of opposition and dissidence. Since Niyazov's death, power
has transferred to Gurbanguly Berdymuhammedov who has, for the sake of
appearances, made reforms. However, in terms of violations against freedom
of speech and human rights, everything has remained the same. He has also
praised the Ruhnama, and used it to increase his power. Therefore
international corporations continue to use the same techniques to please
the new leader as they did with Niyazov.
More information about different countries' relationships with
Turkmenistan:
Bulgaria
Bulgaria-Turkmenistan_connections_May08.pdf
Canada
Canada-Turkmenistan_connections_May08.pdf
China
China-Turkmenistan_connections_Oct08.pdf
France
France-
Turkmenistan_connections_Mar09.pdf
Georgia
Georgia-Turkmenistan_connections_Oct08.pdf
Germany
Germany-Turkmenistan_connections_Jan09.pdf
Ireland
Ireland-Turkmenistan_connections_May08.pdf
Israel
Israel-Turkmenistan_connections_Jul08.pdf
Italy
Italy-Turkmenistan_connections_Aug08.pdf
Lithuania
Lithuania-Turkmenistan_connections_Oct08.pdf
Poland
Poland-Turkmenistan_connections_May08.pdf
Slovakia
Slovakia-Turkmenistan_connections_Nov08.pdf
Turkey
Turkey-Turkmenistan_connections_Nov08.pdf
UK
UK-Turkmenistan_connections_Nov08.pdf
USA
USA-Turkmenistan_connections_Feb09.pdf
