More Of The Same After Election

We expect current President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov to maintain a firm grip on power following presidential election set for February 12, 2012. Moreover, given mounting concerns over the political trajectory of the Central Asian region after the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2014, we see scope for an increase in the implementation of restrictive policies in the coming year.

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