Turkmenbashi Laid To Rest

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"The streets are deserted," Ukrainian journalist Maksym Drabok told RFE/RL today from Ashgabat. "People are staying inside. New Year's decorations have already been taken down in the whole city, [New Year's] trees have been removed."
 
Mourners lining up in the early-morning hours in Ashgabat to pay respects to President Saparmurat Niyazov (epa) Mourners for Saparmurat Niyazov in Ashgabat (epa) Soldiers stand guard outside the Ashgabat presidential palace where Niyazov\'s body was lying in state (AFP) An honor guard stands by Niyazov\'s coffin in Ashgabat as mourners file past (AFP) An honor guard stands by Niyazov\'s coffin in Ashgabat as mourners file past (epa) An honor guard stands by Niyazov\'s coffin in Ashgabat as mourners file past (AFP) Unidentified relatives of Saparmurat Niyazov mourn at the Ashgabat service (epa) Unidentified relatives of Saparmurat Niyazov mourn at the Ashgabat service (epa) An honor guard presents a wreath from the Russian government at the service for Niyazov in Ashgabat (epa) A funeral procession taking Niyazov\'s body to his hometown of Kipchak, some 15 kilometers from Ashgabat (TASS) An armored personnel carrier tows Niyazov\'s funeral bier to his family crypt in Kipchak (AFP) The Niyazov family mausoleum in Kipchak, where Niyazov\'s body was laid to rest on December 24 (AFP) The interment service for Niyazov at his family\'s mausoleum in Kipchak (AFP)
 

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