When Saparmurat Niyazov, the self-proclaimed Turkmenbashi, “Father of all Turkmen,” and president for life of Turkmanistan, died last December 21, Dr. Gregory Levin e-mailed me a Russian saying: “If you wait long enough, your enemy’s corpse will pass under your window.” For the previous fifteen years, Turkmenbashi had ruled the former Soviet rep (...)
The Last Word
Forbidden Fruit
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