copravolley 239 Posted yesterday at 01:38 AM #291 Share Posted yesterday at 01:38 AM (edited) 1 hour ago, konig said: A friend of mine who visited 97 countries of the world be in Turkmenistan (with Kunshamara, are the onlyones i know) and he tell me something that never see in another country: his presence was enough to make nervous to all the people, in restaurants, markets, etc, the presence of an "outsider" generate that. Out of curiosity, I listened to a few podcasts about Turkmenistan today. This country has very large deposits of natural gas. In the 1990s, a simple a ordinary people lived quite well there. In the early 21st century, Turkmenistan signed several unfavorable gas deals with China and has practically gone bankrupt since then. 1/3 of the population (about 2 million out of 6 million- mostly young people) emigrated, mainly to Turkey, India, etc. The future of this country is blacka and uncertain. I don't know what other options they have? Russia, Turkey, the EU? Of course, in terms of selling gas. Perhaps sanctions of Russia's and isolation due to the war in Ukraine would be a chance for Turkmenistan to establish economic relations with the EU, but the new president would probably have to loosen and a little liberate up his country's domestic politics. Edited yesterday at 01:49 AM by copravolley konig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copravolley 239 Posted yesterday at 02:06 AM #292 Share Posted yesterday at 02:06 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungshamra71 879 Posted yesterday at 12:54 PM #293 Share Posted yesterday at 12:54 PM 14 hours ago, rybak said: Its a bit off top, but Turkmenistan also was only one country in the world without official case of covid it's not difficult when you have such a strict policy to enter or leave the country. Or when you have a dictator that can mask number as he wish, if he can convince their people that a highly censored and restrictive land can host a competition like the Olympic Games, i'm sure he can convince no covid case was detected. One fun fact is that their guards and border control officers were very serious and strict with people from other nationalities when entering the country, but with us it was very different, they would look at our passport with serious face, look at the country, look at us, start smiling and say "Portugal?? Cristiano Ronaldo!!!!" This behaviour happened in every single checkpoint in every single Central Asia land. It's like a vip pass in this area of the world Hipooo, copravolley, Olympian1010 and 1 other 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,626 Posted 17 hours ago #294 Share Posted 17 hours ago International Music - Farbiges Licht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erigert 84 Posted 3 hours ago #295 Share Posted 3 hours ago I choose , and for the festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 3,179 Posted 1 hour ago #296 Share Posted 1 hour ago Bhutan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 3,179 Posted 1 hour ago #297 Share Posted 1 hour ago Nepal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now