MOSCOW, Dec. 21 -- The unexpected death of Saparmurad Niyazov, the repressive ruler of Turkmenistan, could unleash a power struggle in the energy-rich Central Asian republic, analysts here said, and disrupt natural gas supplies to the Russian energy behemoth Gazprom and its increasingly nervous customers in Western Europe.... -
Dictator's Death Spurs Tensions In Turkmenistan
MOSCOW, Dec. 21 -- The unexpected death of Saparmurad Niyazov, the repressive ruler of Turkmenistan, could unleash a power struggle in the energy-rich Central Asian republic, analysts here said, and disrupt natural gas supplies to the Russian energy behemoth Gazprom and its increasingly nervous customers in Western Europe....-
By Peter Finn