Torokul Doorov

Hello there, I found this article today from The Moscow Times. It shows one of sides of the new migration rules in Russia. -- Friday, March 23, 2007. Issue 3621. Page 1. By David Nowak Staff Writer Expatriates beware: You now have to prove that you aren't a drug addict to work in Russia. A little-noticed regulation came into effect at the start of this year that requires foreigners who work or intend to work here to have their blood tested for traces of drugs. Evidence of the drugs is reason for authorities to refuse to issue a work permit. The regulation indicates that authorities want to know whether a foreigner is addicted to hard drugs such as cocaine or heroin, not marijuana or hashish. "On receiving a work permit, the employer must present medical certificates confirming the absence in the employee of illnesses associated with drug addicts," the regulation says. Foreigners should not be concerned about the fact that the certificate is only valid for three months,...

Hello everybody! My name is Torokul Doorov and I'm a Kyrgyz journalist from Moscow. I’ve just created this blog in order to collect information about Kyrgyzstan, especcially about kyrgyz labour migrants living in a different parts of the world. But you can surely find my own reports in Kyrgys, English and Russia. I'll try to gather some other interesting articles from a different news resources. According to some unofficial information, there are about one million kyrgyz people in Russia. For me, as for Kyrgyz journalist working in Russia, it is interesting and extremely important to know more about their lives, their daily problems, and dreams for future… Many of these people are illegal migrants, of course, who have been forced to go through the difficulties of Russian corrupt and restrictive migration regime. I'm also trying to find information about kyrgyz migrants in other countries. So, if you have some news about them, please share with us. World globalizes as quick...