Turkmenistan: A Nation of Contradictions

Turkmenistan: contradiction of the country In October 2001, Turkmenistan of Central Asia celebrated its 10th anniversary of independence. Turkmenistan was Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (TPS), who once acquired sovereignty in the collapse of the Soviet communist country in 1991. But there is still doubt about the status of the "democratic" republic of Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan is a government that elects a lifetime dictator, supports the Taliban Afghan regime, and does not allow any political opposition in any "democracy" function.

"Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Turkmenistan was one of the world's most isolated countries" (Craptree). The country of Turkmenistan is in the Caspian Sea, its neighbors are Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. In 1924, Turkmenistan became part of the Soviet Socialist Republic Alliance (History ...). - If a patriot protects the liberation of our citizens, but threatens it, it is necessary. The Patriot Act legislates the liberation of citizens. Spy activity of the United States without citizen's consent. The Patriot Act prevents terrorist attacks on the United States. The Patriot Act can be used to capture the criminal being sought. The Patriot Act protects people from danger, but it compromises their citizenship. "We must balance between safety and civil liberties" (Sensenbrenner 2)

Recently, the relationship between Russia and Turkmenistan is developing mainly from Russia's efforts to obtain gas export agreement from Turkmenistan. Russia is competing with China, the European Union, India, and the United States for a rich supply of hydrocarbons in Turkmenistan. These two countries often confine price negotiations on Russian gas exports. President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan agreed to support the supply and expansion of the Pricaspiysky pipeline supported by Russia, but no action has been taken to achieve this goal.

Turkmenistan's natural gas industry is always hard to find reliable data - Turkmenistan is believed to have exported about 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China in 2016. If this is the case, it means there is no extra space in the pipeline. Due to the delay in line D, Turkmenistan predicts that natural gas exports will increase by less than 500 million cubic meters over the next few years. The price of China paying natural gas to Turkmenistan is said to be about $ 185 per 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas. This means that if Turkmenistan supplies an additional 500 million cubic meters of natural gas to the pipeline, it will receive less than $ 1 billion of natural gas per year. This will help but it does not support the economic recession in Turkmenistan. Because China borrowed billions of dollars from Turkmenistan for the development of the Turkmenistan gas field and the construction of a pipeline to China, natural gas to China, Turkmenistan was used to repay Ashgabat debt It was.