Turkmenistan president Saparmurat Niazov is trying to prevent students from travelling abroad for their education, fearing that foreign universities could become a hotbed of Turkmen dissent. A new law preventing students from buying foreign currency was passed recently after Turkmen students in Moscow attended a demonstration against Mr Niazov's rule.
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