12 June 2020

Turkmenistan has further tightened the rationing of basic foodstuffs at subsidized prices, introducing special registration books to track purchases at state stores.

An RFE/RL local correspondent reported that under the system, each household will receive a school notebook with a certificate inside from a neighborhood committee stating the number of people in the family and its address.

Each purchase conducted by a household in state-owned stores will be registered in the book, according to the independent Turkmen.news website...

Those who don't have a book aren't allowed to purchase some of the subsidized staples available in government stores, including flour, rice, cooking oil, sugar, and potatoes, the correspondent said.