Tag: Turkménistan
Turkmenistan, the unknown mega-polluter
DECODING. Turkmenistan ranks fifth in methane emissions in the world, after Russia and the United States. This does not come as good news for Central Asia’s most secretive country… [...]
Turkmenistan became China’s number one gas supplier
Being far ahead of the other regional gas suppliers, Turkmenistan became the first energy partner of China in late January 2021, ahead of Russia. In the… [...]
Central Asia and Russia: an ever-changing relationship
In a book focusing on Central Asia’s relationship to Russia, researcher Michaël Levystone provides a careful insight into ties whose nature keep on changing. As they perform a balancing… [...]
Turkmen watermelon
A grower presents a particularly striking specimen… [...]
Crane in action
A railway crane used in the… [...]
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The blue line
The Trans-Kakarkum Desert Express between the… [...]
Barbecue at Murghab
In the garden restaurant Gyzylkum on the banks of the Murghab River near Mary, in Turkmenistan. In the dark smoke, delicacies of meat and fish… [...]
Colourful scene
The dismantling of a colourful hiking stage in the lowlands of Koytendag Range. A mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Credit: Joachim Bohndorf (Germany) Find all… [...]
Sunday best in Ashgabat
A small insight in Turkmen street style at… [...]