Turkmenistan - turn off.

Turkmenistan's President Niyazov has banned the playing of recorded music in public and on TV. Sometimes, it seems, a leader must be strict - to protect 'true culture'. Any optimism about rapid polical change in former Soviet states seems like wishfull thinking in countries like Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Unless such extreme measures are more a sign of fear and weakness than strength more from the BBC...