I forgot to add that there was: Additional reporting by Roman Olearchyk in Kiev, and Arkady Ostrovsky and Isabel Gorst in Moscow.
The new regime can start by tearing down the golden statue of the Great Leader.
Then if they can restore civil liberties in Turkmenistan up to the level enjoyed by the Kazakhs or the Kyrgyz, maybe there will be progress.
Or will it be North Korea all over again (not a whole lot of difference between Niyazov and Kim Jong-mentally-Il)?