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On April 8th Russian and Tajikistan had celebrated an anniversary – 25 years of establishing of diplomatic relations. A little earlier, in late February, this event was marked by the official visit of Russian president to Tajikistan.
In the third part of his review paper on Turkmenistan, Andrey Medvedev speaks about the family clan of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and considers different scenarios of who may become his possible successor.
We offer our readers a second part to the review on Turkmenistan. In the first part titled Turkmenistan: Breakdown and personalities I. the theme was situation in that country after the collapse of a once united Soviet state and the format for the transit of power.
It is hard to write about Turkmenistan. This country is still considered to be one of the most closed-off in the world. It is hard to understand Turkmenistan, without visiting it or living there for a few years. Nonetheless, the close nature of Turkmenistan is not as absolute these days as it used to be. We offer our readers a view on the situation in this country from the point of view of a Russian expert.
The former USSR countries’ visa-free travel rating tells us about the main socio-political trends in these states. What is curious – the closer a country is to Europe in terms of geography, the higher its visa-free travel rating.
Russia and China need an alliance in order to withstand the pressure from USA, says one of the most prominent Chinese political scientists, head of the department of international relations of the Tsinghua University, Yang Suetung
