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...bill is based on changes in the complex mix of gas that Gazprom supplies Ukraine. Most of it has come from Central Asia, primarily Turkmenistan, with a minor share of more expensive Russian gas. These supplies are delivered through a company called Rosukrenergo, 50% of which is owned by Gazprom. But the cold winter has seen Central Asian suppliers reduce their supplies to Ukraine, increasing the Russian share of the mix to 25% - which has sharply raised the cost of the entire package...
...TURKMENISTAN...
...Islamic world feature such configurations, ranging from mosques in Isfahan, Iran, and Bursa, Turkey to shrines in Herat, Afghanistan and Agra, India. Lu said he detected the decagonal ornamentation on a 16th century Islamic building in Uzbekistan while he was in the region surveying a space center in Turkmenistan. Lu added that he confirmed his observations with the help of the Harvard’s collection of Islamic art. “You can go through and see the evolution of increasing geometric sophistication,” Lu said. “So they start out with simple patterns...
...years, Turkmenbashi (Father of the Turkmen) Saparmurat Niyazov kept the central Asian state of Turkmenistan under a bizarre and brutal dictatorship that fought dissent and infectious diseases simply by outlawing both. Niyazov's death from cardiac arrest in late December came as a shock to his 5 million subjects, who had never realized that "Presidents for Life" die, too. Now, six contenders are running in the first presidential election in 15 years scheduled...
...does it matter who rules Turkmenistan? The country is home to the world's fifth largest natural gas deposits. It also borders Iran, where a radical regime covets nukes, and Afghanistan, where the Taliban continue to fight NATO forces. The specter of increasing Islamic extremism in Turkmenistan endangers energy markets and raises the possibility of a further breakdown of regional stability...