
The most low -paid and hard work at construction sites, markets or streets of Moscow is performed by workers from Central Asia - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, where the economy has not been able to firmly stand on its feet after the collapse of the Soviet Union. According to official statistics, a total of a little less than a million labor migrants work in Russia; According to unofficial estimates, only in Moscow and its environs there are several million.
Gastarbaists go to Russia to earn money, using the heyday of corruption in the country, which allows you to get permission to work online or for bribes. At first they come alone, then bring their wives and children. As a rule, in Russian cities they are met by contempt or irritation by local residents. Not everyone manages to learn the Russian language and only units - to get an education and use it.