Tens of thousands of Russians who fled the country following the Kremlin's military mobilization in September 2022 have begun a new life in neighboring Kazakhstan, settling in rented homes and getting local jobs.
A recent statement by Russia's chief investigator, Aleksandr Bastrykin, that naturalized Russian citizens must be sent to war in Ukraine is causing anxiety among Kyrgyz workers in Russia.
Zeci de migranți tadjici au lucrat în orașul Mariupol, ocupat de Rusia, în sud-estul Ucrainei, după ce au fost ademeniți cu promisiunea unor salarii mari și a altor beneficii care nu s-au materializat, spun unii dintre muncitori.
Russia has changed many of the Soviet-era names of its cities, streets, and landmarks since the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. But Russian politicians were furious over a call in Kyrgyzstan for Bolshevik names in the Kyrgyz capital to be changed, seeing it as an attack on the Russian language.
