Gulzat Botoeva is a sociologist from Kyrgyzstan who is currently engaged in research for a PhD at the University of Essex, UK.
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Published in: oDRKyrgyz migrant workers: does national pride mean violence against women?Videos recently widely circulating on social networks in both Russia and the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan show Kyrgyz men working in Russia brutally attacking their female compatriots for the ‘crime’ of associating with men of other nationalities. Gulzat Botoeva looks at how these scenes reflect not only problems of national identity but wider issues around migrant labour in Russia