ASHGABAT -- Pro-Russian propaganda efforts are under way in Turkmenistan, with officials in the authoritarian state vilifying the West for supporting Kyiv and whitewashing Moscow's image amid its ...

Turkmenistan is a country that defies expectations—and explanation. Isolated from the world and ruled by a bizarre cult of personality, it’s a place where gold statues of presidents, empty ...

Moreover, Turkmenistan’s propaganda is not directed only toward the domestic audience; it also seeks to enhance the country’s international image and reputation by painting a rosy picture of ...

The Berdymukhamedov government is mobilising to counter “foreign centres of ideological sabotage” which, in its view, are ...

The government has an absolute monopoly of the media and state TV and radio pump out a steady stream of propaganda. Reporters Without Borders has called Turkmenistan "an ever-expanding news black ...

Credit: Depositphotos Turkmenistan is one of the world’s most isolated – and little understood – countries. The picture its government presents to the world, and in propaganda to its own ...