The change game

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Kazakhstan is changing beyond recognition yet there is no change anywhere in the country! Everywhere we go, when we pay for something we're given a stern look and are told something in Russian; we reply with nipanymayoo (don't understand) apologetically; but we get the gist: they're asking for the correct change.

Of course, we don't have the right change, because we carefully counted it out for the last person - all we have left is notes! So because everyone needs change, nobody has any change.