Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 – Tehran to Kyiv

Iran is in effect on a war footing with the United States (US). The US and Ukraine are key allies. Russia, occupying several regions of eastern Ukraine and having annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, is in effect at war with Kyiv. Ukraine International Airlines(UIA) flight PS752 flying between Tehran and Kyiv crashes shortly after…

Turkmenistan: Rumours of its Dead or Alive President Continue to Spin Around

The rumoured demise of Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedow seem for the time being at least to be exaggerated although quite who(now established - see Jamestown Foundation source) fed the media what appears to be false news and why has yet to be established. What though can be gleaned from one of the world's most closed…

Trump Administration Deserves Credit for Banning Turkmenistan’s Cotton Goods

Far from the headlines generated by President Trump's controversial policy of separating illegal immigrants from their children, is a most welcome decision filed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection service in May to in effect place a moratorium on all cotton goods deriving from the Central Asian former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan. Long held…