ASHGABAT - Turkmenistan - The Capital of Not Free Country

I think you cant see here central asian cities very often.
here is Ashgabat , the capital of Turkmenistan.
Not free land, with dictator Turkmenbashi (The Father of all Turkmens).
the country is almost closed for foreigners and even turkmens hardly can leave it.Cities are full of golden Turkmenbashi monuments. There is no free press. Ballet and Opera were cancelled. And now he is going to cancel the pensions for old people who have children, explainig it that children should take care about their old parents.

sad and rediculous anyway.

here are the pics

photo from www.photofile.ru by Alex D















































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