Former Turkmen President, People's Council (Khalk Maslahaty) Chairman Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov smiles during his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Ashgabat, on Friday, Jan. 20 ...

The forthcoming political change will affect vast energy resources, especially natural gas, in Turkmenistan, one of the most isolated and impoverished countries in Eurasia. The ruling Democratic Party ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) – Turkmenistan’s president said Saturday his government will begin installing gas meters in households, ending the unlimited supply of free gas to citizens in the ...

DASHOGUZ, Turkmenistan, December 7 (UNHCR) - As soon as she was handed her citizenship papers, Guljahan Egenova began thinking excitedly about the whole new future ahead of her. "I am proud," said the ...

A lifeline for many people in Turkmenistan is about to be cut off, as the family members of Turkmen migrant workers and prisoners will lose access to subsidized food amid growing poverty, inflation, ...

The leaders of Russia, Turkiye and Iran meet Friday in Turkmenistan, an isolated Central Asian state which is marking 30 ...

Turkmenistan’s rubber-stamp parliament has declared 2022 the Era of the People with Arkadag (Protector) -- that is, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov -- in the latest sign of the authoritarian’s ...

Turkmenistan has become the first country in Central Asia to certify Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. The Russian Direct Investment Fund, or RDIF, the sovereign wealth fund behind the vaccine’s ...