http://www.einnews.com/turkmenistan/newsfeed-saparmurad-niyazovConstantly updated news and information about world affairs. http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185544389 29 Aug 2008 04:35 GMT ... for instance, opens with a description of the (since deceased) leader of the Turkmen, Saparmurat Niyazov. In the course of two pages Theroux describes Niyazov as "one of the wealthiest and most powerful lunatics on earth," a perpetrator of ...