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Uzbekistan, Tashkent, 20 August 2002 Alexey Khegay and Kulnazar Saribaev in a Yak-40 aeroplane between Tashkent and Nukus. Alexey Khegay is 19 years old. He is a telecommunications student in Tashkent. His Korean grandparents were sent to Nukus in Karakalpakstan from the Russian / Chinese border by Stalin in 1937. He will leave Nukus definitively for Tashkent once he finishes his studies. Kulnazar Saribaev is 47 years old. He is a police captain in charge of Nukus's immigration and visa department (OVIR). His father is Uzbek and his mother is Karakalpak. He wants to leave Nukus for Tashkent. On arrival at Nukus' airport I was arrested and spent a brief spell in prison, I got out by paying a heavy bribe and had to leave the area within 24 hours. Ouzbékistan, Tachkent, 20 août 2002 Alexey Khegay et Kulnazar Saribaev dans un avion Yak-40 entre Tachkent et Nukus (900 kilomètres à l'ouest de Tachkent). Alexey Khegay a 19 ans. Il est étudiant de télécommunications à l'université à Tachkent. Ses grand-parents coréens étaient envoyés à Nukus dans la République de Karakalpakstan de l'Ouzbékistan de la frontière chinoise de la Russie par Staline en 1937. Il va quitter Nukus pour vivre à Tachkent quand il aura terminé ses études. Kulnazar Saribaev a 47 ans. Il est capitaine de police dans le département d'immigration et de visas du commissariat de Nukus (OVIR). Son père est ouzbek et sa mère est Karakalpak. Il veut quitter Nukus pour vivre à Tachkent. © Rip Hopkins / Agence VU (KEYSTONE/Agence VU/)