the uzbek couple, mirzo and his wife, whose name they won't divulge, would rather not talk about russiathey are guest workers. >> we just earn our money here and that's more than in uzbekistan. >> uzbekistan is here in the kitchen, with rice and carrots and lots of meat. a piece of the uzbek south here in northern russia. ♪ evgeni and polina offer me chocolate and chips this evening, along with plenty of kommunalka philosophy. >> it's all fine so long as you remain in your own room. i've got to raise my voice to make sure the kommunalka stays clean. sadly, i was wasn't voted kommunalka president and so i have to constantly raise my voice and assert myself. >> and so, democracy within the kommunalka remains fraught with difficulties. you might say rather like in russia as a whole. >> despite the strict hierarchy that residents must abide by, people feel secure in the kommunalkas or perhaps they feel secure because of it. poland is one of europe's most devoutly catholic countries, despite already having some of the continent's strictest anti-abortion laws, some members of the rightwing ru