Oct 21 Turkmenistan's gross domestic product growth slowed to 6.2 percent in January-September from 7.5 percent a year earlier, the Central Asian nation's state news agency reported on Friday.
The former Soviet republic's gas-dominated economy has taken a hit from the decline in energy prices and Russia's decision to stop purchases of Turkmen gas.
The International Monetary Fund expects full-year economic growth in Turkmenistan to slow to 5.4 percent in 2016 from 6.5 percent a year earlier. In 2013 and 2014, Turkmenistan's gross domestic product had grown at double-digit rates. (Reporting by Marat Gurt; writing by Olzhas Auyezov; editing by Larry King)