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Reports about Turkmen president’s death are hoax, says Turkmen embassy

Earlier several mass media reported that Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is dead
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov Alexander Scherbak/TASS
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
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MOSCOW, July 21. /TASS/. Rumors about the death of Turkmenistan’s President GUrbanguly Berdymukhamedov are absolutely not true, a spokesman for the Turkmen embassy in Moscow told TASS on Sunday.

"They are an absolute hoax," the spokesman said.

A number of media outlets cited their sources earlier on Sunday alleging that the Turkmen president had died.