Reclusive Turkmenistan shows signs of cautiously opening up

“By Felix Light ASHGABAT, May 2 (Reuters) - From a brightly lit, open-plan office Azat Seyitmuhammedov runs an e-commerce startup, Wabrum, that he founded almost a decade ago. In Berlin or San Francisco, this would be an everyday scene, but here in the capital of Turkmenistan, which is widely seen as one of the world's most isolated and secretive countries, his business appears pretty ground-breaking.

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