Turkmenistan: Soviet-Style Vanity Fuels Artificial Lake Project Copyright show: No Turkmenistan is the Central Asian nation most associated with vast deserts. It’s also a place that is dealing with the consequences of the Aral Sea disaster. But these facts aren’t deterring Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov from moving ahead with a scheme to create a giant artificial lake in the middle of nowhere. read more
Sept. 9, 2013 - EurasiaNet