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Originally Posted by Effendi
I think that it's hard to find a worse one... maybe they could ask in North Korea!  Of couse they deserve a much better situation, Turkmenistan can be one of the richest countries in Asia, like Kazakhstan, which surely is not democratic, but far better... |
Oh, yes... However, there should be no parallels with North Korea. Turkmenistan is not that closed, I know some people from there and how they live. They use many features of modern life such as satellite TV, cars, have parties at restaurants, some private property is allowed etc., so it's just very restricted society from the political point of view, while it's not that limited in the real life.