Turkmen Leader Set forWeekend Poll Win

摘要

Turkmenistan, holder of the world’s fourth-largest naturalgas reserves, can look ahead to five more years under thesame management after presidential elections on Feb. 12that will hand Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov a secondterm as the country’s all-powerful leader.Until the election is out of the way and the dust settleson any cabinet reshuffles by the end of the month, businessand diplomatic activity appears to have ground to a halt.