Borat DVD Is No.1 In Kazakhstan

Amazon.co.uk can today reveal that Kazakh customers are rushing to order Sacha Baron-Cohen's smash hit DVD, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, making it the highest ordered product from Kazakhstan this week. Kazakhs are spending their hard earned Tenge to have copies of the DVD, which is currently the number 1 in the Amazon.co.uk DVD chart, shipped out to Eastern Asia.

Rakhi Parekh, Head of Media at Amazon.co.uk, said: "With the controversy the film caused around the world, it seems residents of Kazakhstan are now desperate to see what all the fuss is about - so much so that they are willing to pay the 505 Kazakhstani Tenge charge to have the DVD delivered from the UK."

The top selling products currently being shipped out to Kazakhstan also give an interesting insight into the lives of the population. The growth of capitalism seems to be influencing purchases, with Kazakhs looking to succeed in business - the top selling book from Amazon.co.uk is Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on How to Be a High Performing Leader, with titles on investment strategies and offshore tax planning suggesting that natives are looking to add to the country's current rich list of 6 registered millionaires.

The American influence on life in Kazakhstan can also be seen, with Celebrating the American Home: 50 Great Houses from 50 American Architects in the chart, whilst the US cult of the body beautiful is filtering through to Kazakh men, who are snapping up Men's Health fitness titles suggesting that they have just the same preoccupations. Musically, the nation's got something of an 80s thing going on, with The Very Best of Sting and the Police the top selling album being shipped to Kazakhstan.

The Top 10 selling products on Amazon.co.uk currently being ordered from Kazakhstan are:

1) Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan [2006], DVD
2) Stargate Alantis - Series 2 – Complete, DVD
3) Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on How to Be a High Performing Leader ("Financial Times"), Books
4) The Ultimate Pool Maintenance Manual: Spas, Pools, Hot Tubs, Rockscapes and Other Water Features, Books
5) Celebrating the American Home: 50 Great Houses from 50 American Architects, Books
6) Essential ABS ("Mens Heath" Peak Conditioning Guides), Books
7) "Men's Health": The Body You Want in the Time you Have (Mens Health), Books
8) The Very Best of Sting and the Police, Music
9) Non-Resident and Offshore Tax Planning, Books
10) Taming the Lion: 100 Secret Strategies for Investing, Books