Sian Glaessner

Sian Glaessner is a Russianist with an interest in Central Asia. She works for BBC Radio Current Affairs.

First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics

While British liberals fret about the dismal state of democracy inRussia, and letterwriters take up their pens to protest the fate ofmany a new “dissident”, most Russians are more interested in theirnewfound freedom to renovate and redesign their flats or take foreignholidays than any liberty the

By Sian Glaessner

/ 21 Jan 2008

Turkmenistans hidden travails

Most people haven't heard of Turkmenistan. Those who have heard of it couldn't place it on a map and consider it something of a joke country

By Sian Glaessner

/ 8 May 2006

Sian Glaessner

First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics

Turkmenistan&#146;s hidden travails

Turkmenistans hidden travails