Russia is just saying nyet to Borat.
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Apparently, depictions of plough-pulling women, allegations of drinking fermented horse urine, engaging in casual incest and bragging about pubis exports fall a little too close to home for the former Soviet nation. Geographically speaking, anyway.
Russia’s Federal Agency of Culture and Cinematography has banned the instant blockbuster from being released on its screens, claiming the film’s content could be taken as offensive or deemed “disparaging” by certain religious or ethnic groups—specifically, to Kazakhs, a neighboring ally of the country and a large portion of their immigrant population.
Showing concern for the feelings of Kazakhstan? That puts Russia one up on Uzbekistan.
“There was some kind of explanation that the movie might create tension between races and nationalities because of its far from simple humor,” Nikolai Vorunkov, a spokesperson for Gemini Films, the Russian distributor of 20th Century Fox, told reporters.
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