ALMATY, Kazakhstan
Online news channel Mir reported Friday that one of them, a
19-year old motorist in Kyzyl-Orda, was fined $1,000 for pinning
the provocative plate to his SUV. The station also showed police
footage of another car bearing a more chaste plate honoring a
woman: "I Love Aizat."
Former Soviet Kazakhstan is a largely Muslim nation, but social
mores and attitudes toward sex tend to be somewhat relaxed,
especially in cities.
One youth group, however, has led campaigns to weed out locally
produced porn films and has called for a ban on Valentine's Day.
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