The end is now here, thanks for tripping Turkmenistan with me, a really enjoyable road trip through an amazing country, forget the corruption and political shenanigans someties it is best just to soak it up and enjoy what your eyes see.
So some of the stuff I managed to capture driving around in a bus, shot through the window, here and there.
The Turkmenistan Parliament building, teher are 125 "MP's" who sit for 5 year period, interestingly Turkmenistan does not have free and fair elections. The country is an authoritarian state with a heavily restricted political environment.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan consistently ranks among the most corrupt nations globally, there are poorly enforced ignored corruption laws, everyone is out to make a fast buck; bribery is apparent at all levels of public administration from local police to diplomats, bribes routinely solicited to grease the wheels of the bureaucratic processes.
The Ministry of Communication. Have I mentioned corruption before? What about State-Sponsored Extortion?: Investigations by digital rights groups, show that cybersecurity officials running the state's extreme internet censorship regime have used their surveillance powers to extort money from everyday citizens.
The ministry enforces a restrictive internet censorship regime. Almost all global social media networks, messaging apps, and independent news sources are blocked. As are VPN's
The Ministry of Education. Constructed to look like an open book. Yup, corrupt as fuck.
Wanna get into University? This often requires massive bribes to overcome highly competitive, selection processes.
School of your choice? Parents frequently make "informal" payments to enrole their children in better-performing schools, more often than not Russian language schools Can't be arsed doing your homework? dad, makes another "informal" payment to ensure passing grades and preferential treatment from teachers.
The Bugdayly Bakery, no corruption just damn good bread and confectionary.
And with that my time here is done, please feel free to join me on my exploration of NYC.