Turkmenistan Visa - Rejected

Something we both did not see coming. Turkmenistan embassy decided to reject my application for issuing me an invite, although they had no issues to grant one for Aarti (UK Passport). Now, if we do not have Turkmenistan Visa that means we have no other way to move forward but via Afghanistan and thats something we both want to avoid right now. Afghanistan is such a beautiful country and it is our misfortune that owing to the present political situation, going via Afghanistan is a total No-No. After juggling through the options we were left with, we decided to drop Iran as well and add Russia to our list. Will keep you guys posted on how it goes on the Russian front ;)