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Turkmenistan: New Award Named After Dictator

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Turkmenistan, Politics

Maciula informs [1] the readers that the Turkmen authorities established a new – extremely controversial – order named after Tukmenbashi, who died almost a year ago. It is to be awarded to foreign politicians for their “contribution to the fostering of peace in the region and in the world, raising Turkmenistan’s international prestige and for other merits”.