By empty (4/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Saparmurat Niyazov has changed the law regulating marriages between Turkmen citizens and foreigners, turkmenistan.ru reported on 22 April. Under the new law, foreigners will no longer have to pay a $50,000 deposit, although they will still have to reside in Turkmenistan for no less than one year.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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