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Kazakhstan was furious when Sacha Baron Cohen’s mock documentary comedy “Borat” became a worldwide hit in 2006 but has apparently decided, somewhat belatedly, that if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

Erkin Rakishev, a Kazakh director, has announced that he will soon begin shooting “My Brother, Borat,” as part of an effort to counter negative stereotypes about his oil-rich Central Asian country. In the new story an American fan of Mr. Cohen’s movie, which is banned in Kazakhstan, travels there and finds a prosperous and modern state.

“We want to ride on the wave of success of Borat, to take advantage of this popular image in the West to show people the real Kazakhstan,” Mr. Rakishev told the newspaper Kazakhstanskaya Pravda.