Venera
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1) ICP student at AUCA
2) Interests: International Relations, Migration, Central Asian Politics
3) favorite quotes: “General happiness cannot be created out of general suffering and self-immolation. The only happy society is one of happy individuals. One cannot have a healthy forest made up of rotten trees.” – Ayn Rand
Latest posts by Venera
28 July 2012
Tajikistan: Telecoms Blackout Amidst Provincial Clashes
Amidst deadly clashes in the eastern Tajik province of Gorno-Badakhshan, the authorities have cut Internet, mobile, and landline connection to the region. Online people are sharing information via social media and trying to draw international attention to the situation on the ground.
13 June 2012
Turkmenistan: Return of Russian Mobile Operator Ends State Monopoly
After an unexplained closure by the government in 2010, the popular Russian mobile phone operator MTS that had about half of Turkmenistan's population among its customers will soon resume its work in the country. Turkmen netizens are happy about the news, suggesting that the operator will provide quality mobile phone services and uncensored web connection, ending state monopoly in the sector.
I was given a harsher sentence here in America, Riverside County California by the new...