Orient
Orient is a privately registered news agency operating from Ashgabat with the approval of the Turkmen authorities, publishing in Russian, Turkmen and English. Its coverage of Turkmenistan's politics, economy and diplomacy stays within official boundaries and is broadly favorable to the government, making it a semi-official window on the country rather than an independent voice.
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Is Orient left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Orient is listed as Center on Crosswire: news agencies supply reporting to outlets across the whole spectrum, which rewards a deliberately neutral news style. Crosswire groups Turkmenistan outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing Orient beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.
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