The political elites of Turkmenistan demonstrate their traditional uniqueness and immunity to global democratic trends. The closed nature of the Turkmen elite generates streams of unreliable information about its condition, resources, plans, and opportunities. The «game of democracy» is intended to create an external favorable background to existing authoritarian traditions and the personality cult of the first president of Turkmenistan S. Niyazov from the past pointed to the totalitarian character of the existing political regime here. On the example of the Turkmen elites genesis we see how the political landscape of this country changed during 1990, 2000 and 2010. An attempt to look behind the scenes of the political practice of local elite communities leads researchers to the conclusion about the authoritarian present and totalitarian past of this country. Even now in 2010 Turkmenistan continues to be one of the most specific political regimes, not only in Eurasia, but throughout the world.

The political elites of Turkmenistan demonstrate their traditional uniqueness and immunity to global democratic trends. The closed nature of the Turkmen elite generates streams of unreliable information about its condition, resources, plans, and opportunities. The «game of democracy» is intended to create an external favorable background to existing authoritarian traditions and the personality cult of the first president of Turkmenistan S. Niyazov from the past pointed to the totalitarian character of the existing political regime here. On the example of the Turkmen elites genesis we see how the political landscape of this country changed during 1990, 2000 and 2010. An attempt to look behind the scenes of the political practice of local elite communities leads researchers to the conclusion about the authoritarian present and totalitarian past of this country. Even now in 2010 Turkmenistan continues to be one of the most specific political regimes, not only in Eurasia, but throughout the world.