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Новому шахиншаху Туркменистана сподобилось провести у себя в столице молодёжный хоккейный турнир. На одном из матчей команда из Санкт-Петербурга одолела комманду из Арабских Эмиратов (по названию, а по факту из США и Канады) со счётом 0:60. О том, как так получилось, о хоккее, турнире и Туркменистане - интересная статейка:
...The level of control the government had over the populace was evident all throughout Ashgabat. Jeff spoke of the absurd surveillance that was everywhere, seen and unseen. "Every corner, every area had somebody standing there watching, watching for anything that shouldn't be going on," Jeff Medearis said. "So you always had these people jumping out of everywhere going nyet, nyet this, nyet don't put your foot there. There were people watching the people who were watching the people."...
...The level of control the government had over the populace was evident all throughout Ashgabat. Jeff spoke of the absurd surveillance that was everywhere, seen and unseen. "Every corner, every area had somebody standing there watching, watching for anything that shouldn't be going on," Jeff Medearis said. "So you always had these people jumping out of everywhere going nyet, nyet this, nyet don't put your foot there. There were people watching the people who were watching the people."...