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===Turkmenistan=== On 4 June 2001, Turkmenian President [[Saparmurat Niyazov]] (also known as Turkmenbashi) authorized a decree that required foreigners to pay a $50,000 fee to marry a Turkmen citizen (regardless of how they met), and to live in the country and own property for one year. Authorities indicated that the law was designed to protect women from being duped into abusive relationships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061901.shtml|title=Turkmenistan's Marriage Decree Helps Deepen the Isolation of Citizens|work=EurasiaNet.org|access-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017094131/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav061901.shtml|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> In June 2005, Niyazov scrapped the $50,000 and the property-owning requirements.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/06/c2984fe7-fbca-4bc1-98d3-d5d4b42bfded.html|title=Turkmenistan: Marriage Gets Cheaper As Turkmenbashi Drops $50,000 Dollar Foreigners' Fee|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=8 April 2008 |access-date=8 May 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706085749/http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/06/c2984fe7-fbca-4bc1-98d3-d5d4b42bfded.html|archive-date=6 July 2008|last1=Saidazimova |first1=Gulnoza }}</ref>
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