4 September 2000 Turkmenistan, my beloved motherland, my beloved homeland! You are always with me in my thoughts and in my heart. For the slightest evil against you let my hand be lost. For the slightest slander about you let my tongue be lost. At the moment of my betrayal to my motherland, to her sacred banner, to Saparmurat Turkmenbashi […]

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