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Uzbekistan, Muynak, 22 August 2002 Nikolay Gilyoav in Muynak harbor town's grocery shop (Northwest Uzbekistan in the Karakalpakstan Republic which borders Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan). He is 50 years old. He is unemployed and has spent 23 years in Karakalpakstan's Turtkul prison. His father kidnapped his mother and to escape punishment he took her from Russia to Muynak in 1949. He wants to leave, but has nowhere to go. Ouzbékistan, Muynak, 22 août 2002 Nikolay Gilyoav dans une épicerie de Muynak. Il a 50 ans. Il est sans profession et il a passé 23 ans dans le prison Karakalpak de Turtkul. Son père ayant séquestré sa mère a dû fuir la Russie avec elle à Muynak en 1949. Il veut partir, mais il n'a nulle part où aller. © Rip Hopkins / Agence VU (KEYSTONE/Agence VU/)