Rich Kazakhs revive polygamy as women seek poverty escape

04.12.2013
    By Nariman Gizitdinov     A poll published last year by state-run news service Kazinform found 41 percent of Kazakhstan’s 17 million people favored decriminalizing polygamy.     Given the choice between love and money, Samal, a tall, curly-haired 23-year-old woman fr om a village in southern Kazakhstan, would take the cash.     The gulf between rich...