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April 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Foreign Minister reveals visa requests have increased tenfold since 2006 film
- He tells Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘I salute you’
By
Will Stewart
11:37 EST, 23 April 2012
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11:49 EST, 23 April 2012
Kazakhstan today issued an official ‘thank you’ to Sacha Baron Cohen for his comedy character Borat who lampooned its people.
His 2006 film depicting a mock Kazakh TV journalist led to a huge boost in tourism and helped put the oil-rich former Soviet state on the map, Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov admitted in parliament.
‘I salute ‘Borat’ for helping attract tourists to Kazakhstan,’ he said.
Offense: Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat was initially met with outrage by Kazachstan
‘With the release of this film, the number of visas issued by Kazakhstan grew tenfold.’
It took six years for the a top Kazakh official to admit anything other than disgust at the portrayal of his country in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
Earlier the movie was banned in Kazakhstan, and tensions were inflamed when the Olympic Committee of Asia accidentally played Borat’s spoof Kazakh national anthem during an awards ceremony for shooting medals in Kuwait.
Yet despite the diplomatic blunder, The Kazakh athlete who was the recipient
of the major error, Maria Dmitrienko, refused to be flustered, and
continued to the end of the made-up song.
The
rest of her shooting team, for who she has just won the gold medal for,
were less than impressed however, and demanded the ceremony be re-run
as well as a full apology made.
Cringewothy: The viewing of the Borta movie was painful for Kazachstan – but the interest in the country is caused led to a tenfold increase in visa requests
Among the lyrics was the verse: ‘Kazakhstan’s prostitutes cleanest in the region.
‘Except of course Turkmenistan’s’
The Kazakh embassy in London was put under ‘strict orders’ to ensure British officials are aware of the correct anthem to ensure no embarrassing repeat at the London Olympics in July.
Kazakh competitors are also being trained in their own anthem so they can immediately protest if the spoof version in played.
Many of the country’s Olympic team are ethnic Russians who do not speak Kazakh, so they are being given a crash course in the words.
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Cannot for the life of me understand what his wife– the beautiful actress Isla Fisher–sees in him ! She even converted to Judaism for his sake.Love really IS blind !
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At the time, the Kazakhstan ambassador to Britain wrote an excellent piece about it that deserves study
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When a country can laugh at itself then it has truly come of age. Well done Kazakhstan.
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Is Will Stewart Borat in disguise?
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Is niiice …. Great success …. Whoa-whoa-wee-wa !!
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‘The rest of her shooting team, for who she has just won the gold medal for’ – No excuse for such sloppy, clearly unchecked, unproofed writing. DM recruit a proofreader or two or fire the ones you have! Pathetic.
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Pretty sure the increase in visa applications is more to do with oil industry over there. I’ve been a couple of times and certainly not a place to go on holiday.
– optimistic, Manchester, England, 23/4/2012 21:16
Then you have not seen Kazakhstan……I lived there for 2 years and you have the Kan Tengri Mountains, Beautiful valleys, the Steppes are amazing, great wildlife, Skiing, but hey, you couldn’t see that from your hotel room could you. Better stay in Manchester for the derby.
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Cringewothy: “The viewing of the Borta movie was painful for Kazachstan – but the interest in the country is caused led to a tenfold increase in visa requests.”
There’s no excuse not to proof-read. It reads like it was written by a Kazakh in broken English.
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Anyone who goes to Kazakhstan and expects to see what they saw in the movie is an idiot. I’m sorry, but it’s true. As someone who lived in Kazakhstan for many years, I can tell you that it is nothing like it is in the movie. The movie was in fact filmed in Romania.
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All publicity is good publicity.
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