Image: Court. Stock Photo. Pixabay.com It’s no secret that corruption is rampant in most countries in the former Soviet Union. What usually comes to mind when we think of such graft is monetary gain: an official getting a bribe in return for his signature on a building permit, for example. But corruption in the region doesn’t always involve a money payoff. The reward can also be a prize in an academic, music, sport or other kind of competition — or even a beauty-pageant crown. A friend who teaches at the highly regarded Kazakh Turkish Girls School in Almaty gave me …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
