Well I generally agree that offering to pay bribes is stupid and pretending to not to understand is a great idea that works a lot of the time.
However sometimes you inadvertently pay them also, I was pulled over in Kaz for speeding after trying the no understand routine unsuccessfully, the officer started to write out the ticket, about halfway through he indicated it would be 1000 tenge, which I gave him and when he gave me my license back I realised I had paid a bribe.
As for ta-rider are you f'ing kidding? One of the reasons westerners have the wealth to travel is that our countries (for the most part anyway) function properly.
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