Andrey Zatoka, environmentalist and member of the Council of the International Socio-Ecological Union, was detained on December 17, 2006 in the city of Tashauz (Turkmenistan) …
US Experts Ponder Possibilities for Improved US-Turkmen Relations
January 17, 2007 Joshua Kucera Originally published by EurasiaNet.org http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav011807.shtml The promise of reform by Turkmenistan’s new president has provided the United States with a …
Democracy in Turkmenistan Needs U.S. Push
From the Baltimore Sun By Robert Arsenault January 18, 2007 NEW YORK CITY — Three of the world’s most notorious dictators – Chile’s Augusto Pinochet, …
Andrey Zatoka’s Family Appeals to the US Department of State for Help
Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice Department of State United States of America January 12, 2007 Dear Madam Secretary Rice: On December 17, 2006, Andrei Lvovich …
A New Era for Turkmenistan? FPIF Commentary
Kate Watters January 9, 2007| Editor: John Feffer, IRC Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Source: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3892 The recent death of Turkmenistan’s president, Saparmurat Niyazov, leaves the …
Renowned Environmentalist Still Imprisoned in Turkmenistan
Andrey Zatoka, an internationally renowned environmental activist from Turkmenistan, has been imprisoned without access to legal counsel or his family since he was detained in …
KPO Listens and Corrupts the Air
Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly June 1, 2006 Corruption and cynicism—these were the characteristics used to describe KPO, B.V. and the government administration during a public …
Head of the Environmental Protection Department Advocates for Relocation of the Villagers of Berezovka from the Karachaganak Field’s Zone
Information Agency Interfax-Kazakhstan May 17, 2006 Kazakhstan’s Minister of Environmental Protection, Nurlan Iskakov, thinks that the residents of the village of Berezovka in Western Kazakhstan …
Karachaganak’s Sanitary Protection Zone Must Be Expanded
By Lukpan Akhmediarov Uralsk Weekly April 6, 2006 The reduction of the radius of the Sanitary Protection Zone around the Karachaganak Field from five to …
They’ve Recorded It! It’s Proven!
Lukpan Akhmedyarov Uralsk Weekly December 15, 2005 The Initiative Group of Berezovka residents are preparing a lawsuit against the company, “Karachaganak Petroleum Operating.” They hold …