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I'd say this is probably true for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as those countries have powerful authoritarian leaders that fully enjoy the benefits of the secur
by geoka9 13y ago
I'd say this is probably true for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as those countries have powerful authoritarian leaders that fully enjoy the benefits of the security apparatus left over from the USSR.
Tajikistan is different as the president's power is somewhat limited the further away you go from the few important cities.
Don't know much about Kazakhstan, but I suspect it's more or less like Uzbekistan.
- madaxe 13y agoBeen there. Nothing like Uzbekistan. And Uzbekistan is nothing like Turkmen. Just because they're in the same (HUGE) part of the world doesn't make them all the same. Mexicans, Americans, Ecuadorians, what's the difference?
- geoka9 13y agoThey are not all the same. I was replying to the OP's comment: > The ex-soviet central Asian republics are packed full of secret police.