Anger at playing of spoof Kazakhstan anthem
Kazakhstan has called the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event “a scandal”, and demanded an investigation.
Maria Dmitrienko won a gold medal for Kazakhstan on Thursday at the Arab Shooting Championships in Kuwait, but during the awards ceremony the public address system broadcast the spoof anthem from the 2006 movie 'Borat', starring Sacha Baron Cohen, which offended many Kazakhs by portraying the country as backwards and degenerate.
