There is little enthusiasm among ordinary Turkmen about the March 12 presidential election, which is seen as a mere formality for authoritarian President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov to hand the presidency to his son, Serdar.
A former political prisoner and outspoken critic of Turkmenistan's government has announced he intends to take part in an early presidential election to fight the "dictatorship" in the tightly controlled Central Asian nation after the current leader's son was nominated as a candidate.
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Horsetalk.co.nz Basha O’Reilly, adventurer and renowned Long Rider, dies at 73
Basha and Count Pompeii set off to ride from Volgograd, Russia to London, England.
Basha O’Reilly wasn’t born in the saddle, but it didn’t take her long to climb on a horse and begin a life filled with adventure and romance.
From the moment she climbed aboard her first pony, Mustard, she was destined to be an equestrian explorer.
Basha, who died in France on January 13 after a brief illness, found solace in the saddle, feeding what came to be an insatiable appetite to see the world on horseback.