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Turkmenbashy Part 2: Putin, Taliban, Internet Shutdown

Real Dictators

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Turkmen Bashi - A History of Time

President Turkmen Bashi is 62 years old, but in a country where the average life expectancy for women is 65 and for men is just 60. By law, by law, old age only begins at 85, a full 25 years after most Turkmen males have passed. Life is divided into 12 official stages, resembling something like levels of difficulty on a computer game.

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