Czech Man Fighting in the Russian Army: I'm Not Here Voluntarily, I Just Wanted to Mine Gold in Ghana

Recently, a surprising applicant turned to the Czech Embassy in Moscow for help: a Czech who is fighting in the Russian army. Deník N managed to contact the man. The fifty-year-old Czech told his story for four hours – why he ended up in Russia and why he is fighting on the side of the aggressor. The editorial team knows his identity and has verified it; in this text we call him Bedřich. According to him, everything […]

A man fighting in the Russian army has contacted Czech authorities. The convicted businessman claims he enlisted involuntarily. "It's crazy here. You have to pay for everything. You buy equipment, clothes, food. I pay the commander even for letting me live," he told Deník N. We bring you the story of the first confirmed Czech in Putin's army since the beginning of the invasion in 2022.