That there are fewer such reports from Turkmenistan is due primarily to the fact that Turkmen President Saparmurad Nlyazov so tightly controls political. economic and social life in Turkmenistan. that those inclined to opposition activity are barely able even to become operational. During the past year in Tajikistan. the world scarcely noticed a civil war that has proved to be one of the most brutal and bloody clashes in the former Soviet Union. Decades of regionalbased resentment. repressed under the lid of Soviet ideology. rose to the surface and exploded after the collapse of the Soviet regime. and thousands have died. and hundreds of thousands made refugees. as a result. The situation is not so discouraging in the other two countries of the region. however. Though President Nursultan Nazarbayev maintains fairly tight controls over political developments in Kazakhstan. many opposition groups are active. and some are able to publish their own newspapers.
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