Kazakh anger yet to subside over ‘offensive’ Borat

BORAT beware: Accept an invitation by a top Kazakh official to discover what the country is really like and you could be in for a nasty surprise.

“I’d kill this impostor on the spot,” said Eltai Muptekeyev, who makes his living in Almaty by posing for photos with a blindfolded falcon clinging to a thick leather glove.

As comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s movie about his bigoted, English-mangling creation Borat Sagdiyev hits screens in Europe and the US, the horror and outrage among Kazakhs over the way their nation is being misrepresented has not gone away.

Borat has told the world that Kazakhs are addicted to horse urine, enjoy shooting dogs, view rape and incest as respectable hobbies, and are fond of pursuits like ‘running of the Jew’ festivals.

In the film, the fictional Kazakh journalist travels to the US to make a documentary and bring his findings to his homeland.

Even the nation’s most liberal political voice had bellicose words for Borat.

“If it happened in a country where rules are more strict than ours, there would have been a government decree to destroy Borat,” said Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, leader of the opposition.

Kazakhstan’s deputy foreign minister, Rakhat Aliyev, extended an invitation to Borat to find out about Kazakhstan.

“He can discover a lot of things; women drive cars, wine is made of grapes and Jews go to synagogues.”