Migrant Workers In Russia

In the Metro. Moscow, 2010. Photo by Vladislav Efremov.

Moscow, 2010. Photo by Vladislav Efremov.

A cafe near the Sokol metro station. Moscow, 2011." Photo by Vladislav Efremov.

A former convict from Uzbekistan. Moscow, 2011. Photo by Vladislav Efremov.

A young mother with a premature baby. The child spent two weeks under the supervision of doctors. The mother could not see him during that time because she was unregistered. St. Petersburg, 2011. Photo by Anna Laurinavichyute.

Spectators before the Victory Day parade on Nevsky Prospect. St. Petersburg, 2009. Photo Aleksander Petrosyan

From the series, "New Faces Of Russia, 2011-2012." Photo by Denis Sinjakov

The Moscow-Dushanbe train. From the series, "The Road Home, 2008-2010." Photo by Marina Makovetskaya.

Workers put the finishing touches on the inside of the Iceberg Skating Palace for the Winter Olympics. Sochi, 2013. Photo by Mikhail Mordasov.

Muslims perform prayers at the restaurant, Babylon, in Sochi, 2013. In the city, there are no mosques, so believers gather in the restaurant, which is owned by a Chechen. Nearly 3,000 Muslims participated in the Eid prayer. Photo by Mikhail Mordasov.

New Year's Eve. Moscow, 2012. Photo by Elyer Nemetov.

Tajik workers pray at a construction site. Moscow, 2007. Photo by Julia Vishnevetskaya.

Russian nationalists attack a street vendor in St. Petersburg, 2012. Photo by Mikhail Domozhilov.

A Russian nationalist and a policeman search a basement where migrants live. St. Petersburg, 2012. Photo by Mikhail Domozhilov.

Migrants unload watermelons for the vegetable market near the Warsaw road. Moscow, 2007. Photo by Fedor Savintev.

An activist detains an "illegal," trying to escape through a window after a raid by the "Shield of Moscow" movement. Together with police, activists check the residences of migrants. Moscow, 2013. Photo by Constantine Salomatin.

Kurdish boy from Uzbekistan in Novosibirsk. From the series, "Not Children's Fears, 2007." Photo by Aleksander Bendyukov.