first the russian service sector has been growing which generates demand for a female workforce unifem laruelle in addition citizens of kyrgyzstan used to enjoy a facilitated naturalization procedure in the russian federation moreover they are now exempted from the necessity of obtaining a work permit or patent due to their countrys membership in the eurasian economic union which thus makes them more attractive to an employer second perceptions about female mobility are different in kyrgyzstan than they are in tajikistan and uzbekistan