Turkmen Leader Falls off Horse

On April 28, President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov of Turkmenistan and his horse won a race in Ashgabat. Soon after crossing the finish line, however, Berdymukhamedov's horse stumbled and he landed ^[1] on the dirt. The footage of the embarrassing incident had been made public ^[2] by international media, and Turkmen dissidents are using the video as an opportunity to ridicule the ‘record-breaking’ president ^[3]. Blog Ruslana T ^[4] presents several videos which link the Turkmen leader's spill with episodes from popular Soviet and Hollywood films (here ^[5], here ^[6], and here ^[7]).