Jakhan Pollyieva

It is a well-known fact that Turkmenia's relationship with OSCE and the US is becoming increasingly tense. The "dismissal" of the Iraqi dictator by the US and British forces caused a true horror to the Turkmenian dictator. At the same time Saparmurat Niyazov realises that to "dismiss"
him there will be no need in large-scale military operation with mighty missile and air strikes. Just at the sight of the enemy alone Niyazov's forces will cease to exist. Niyazov is also aware that Turkmenian population will be only glad to welcome any liberator from Niyazov's yoke, be it Russians or Americans. After the meeting of Niyazov and Putin in April, the local population became more inclined to see the US as "their saviour". There was even talk about writing to the US President George Bush so that he would also liberate Turkmenia once he was done with Iraq.
However, among the Turkmenian political elite there is an altogether different talk. For some reason they believe that Niyazov's meeting with Putin in April is a start of a cunning manoeuvre. Referring to the sources in the Russian President's administration, they talk about an alleged plan of a full Russian control over Turkmenia, and Russia allegedly giving Niyazov a choice. He can choose either "American occupation", destruction of his monuments in front of CNN TV cameras, arrest and confiscation of all the money in his personal bank accounts combined with life sentence in prison, or "handing over his duties and dependent territory" to Russia for protection with garanteed personal and financial security. Evgeniy Primakov's visit to Ashkhabad is expected shortly, where he is to give Saparmurat Niyazov this choice "officially". It is also expected that in any case in autumn 2003 Saparmurat Niyazov will no longer be the President of Turkmenia. If the speculation proves true, the post of the acting President of Turkmenia will be given to "Turkmenian democrat" Jakhan Pollyieva, who currently holds the position of the deputy head of the Russian President's administration. Curriculum Vitae of Jakhan Pollyieva.
Pollyieva Jakhan Rejepovna was born 15 April 1960 in Ashkhabad, where until 1977 she attended Secondary school No 15. The same year she became a student at the Law faculty of Gorkiy State University of Turkmenia. Due to her husband's transferral to Moscow (who was a Komsomol worker)
she was transferred to the Law faculty of Moscow State University from which she graduated in 1982.
1982-1986 - post-graduate student at USSR Academy of Sciences Institute of State and Law.
1986-1990 - research assistant and subsequently head of department at the Research Centre of Komsomol Central Committee Institute of Youth.
1990-1991 - chief specialist, consultant at Moscow Municipal Council of People's Deputies.
1991-1992 - head of Social and Political Analysis and Forecast Department in Russia's State Councillor's Service of Cooperation with Non-governmental Organisations, Russiảs State Councillor's Political Issues Service.
1992-1993 - department consultant in the Russian President's
administration.
1993-1995 - advisor to the Russian Deputy Prime-Minister Sergey Shakhrai.
1995-1997 - advisor to the Director General of Interfax News Agency.
1997-1997 - advisor to the Russian Deputy Prime-Minister Boris Nemtsov.
October 1997 - May 1998 - senior advisor to the Russian President.
May - September 1998 - head of secretariat to the head of the Russian Government Sergey Kirienko.
In September 1998 acting Prime-Minister V. Tchernomyrdin issued an order to dismiss Pollyieva from the post of the head of secretariat to Prime-Minister Kirienko "due to discontinuing his duties in this capacity".
16 September 1998 by Russian President Boris Yeltsyn's decree she was appointed a deputy head of the Russian President̉s administration.
6 July 2000 Vladimir Putin by decree of appointments in the President's administration, leaves her the post of deputy head of the President of the Russian Federation administration. She visited Ashkhabad in April 2002 with the delegation accompanying Vladimir Putin and in January 2003 with the head of the Security Council of Russia Vladimir Roushailo.