Reporters Without Borders claimed in 2005 that it had the second worst press freedom conditions in the world, behind North Korea.
Reporters Without Borders claimed in 2005 that it had the second worst press freedom conditions in the world, behind North Korea. They even went so far as to call its then leader a central Asian "Kim Jong-Il." The comparison is apt for both formed a cult of personality, although Kim Jong-Il, unlike the leader of this nation, never wrote a national epic or renamed the words for "bread" and "April" for his mother. For ten points, what is this former Soviet nation which will hold elections next week to replace President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov.
Reporters Without Borders claimed in 2005 that it had the second worst press freedom conditions in the world, behind North Korea.
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