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How Many Turkmen Students Study in Russia?

In his interview to ORIENT the Russian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ivan Volynkin shared that currently there are around 40,000 Turkmen students studying in Russia. The Progres team looked at publicly available data to...

Access to safe drinking water in Turkmenistan

Problems such as desertification, water shortage and droughts in Turkmenistan have been covered somewhat in the reports of international organizations. There is limited information available on the state of drinking...

A Snapshot of Disability Rights in Turkmenistan

The purpose of this overview is to provide brief yet comprehensive information relevant to the situation of persons with disabilities in Turkmenistan including national laws and programs, international obligations and...

Darvaza gas crater: what do we know?

Darvaza (Derweze in Turkmen) is a famous gas crater in central Turkmenistan. There was once a settlement with the same name in that area, with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The people of the settlement...

Water security level in Turkmenistan

A scientific article published in the journal of Agricultural Water Management in 2020 by researchers from Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, titled “Development...