I struggled for a way to memorialize the dawning in Washington of Hell's Encore. Finally, I gave up and fell back on what I think is the greatest paragraph of political journalism of at least the last ...

This demonstrated that, rather than Vladimir Putin or Viktor Orbán, the president-elect seems to be modeling his dictatorship on that of Saparmurat Niyazov, the first president of an independent ...

Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov on January 17th appointed Gurbannazar Nazarov as minister of oil, natural gas and mineral resources, a post that had been vacant since September.

Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov said Thursday that the alleged mastermind of an assassination attempt against him had been arrested. Turkmen authorities have accused former Turkmen Foreign ...

He became acting president after the death of President Saparmurat Niyazov in December 2006 and won the presidential election.

The country has made moves towards liberalisation since the death of its autocratic leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, in 2006. However opposition figures say it remains one of the most repressive and ...

Al Ahab conveyed to President Niyazov greetings of the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime ...