US EditionRussia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops in Ukraine
Russia offers high bonuses, accelerated citizenship, and open-ended contracts to prisoners and foreigners to meet troop demands amid a slowing economy, with 400,000 contracts signed last year.
- Russia is offering cash bonuses and releasing prisoners to recruit troops for the ongoing war in Ukraine as an alternative to mobilization.
- Criminals in Russia view enlistment as a way to escape prison conditions and gain freedom.
- Men from South Asian countries, such as India, Nepal, and Bangladesh, report being misled by recruiters into enlisting for combat.
- Despite claims of voluntary enlistment, reports indicate that conscripts are often coerced into contracts that deploy them to the battlefield.
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Russia lures Kenyans into fighting in Ukraine war
As Russia seeks to replenish its forces in nearly four years of war — and avoid an unpopular nationwide mobilization — it's pulling out all the stops to find new troops to send into the battlefield. This includes duping foreign nationals from Kenya, South Africa, Iraq and South Asian countries into signing up to fight by recruiters promising jobs. FRANCE 24's Bastien Renouil spoke with parents of Kenyans suspected to have been tricked in such a …
Unemployed, inmates, desperate, even foreigners to rekindle troops against Ukraine: Russia's last move, enlisting all people for a fee in...
Russian bounty hunters make men from 126 countries fight in the Ukraine war. Many of them die within 72 hours.
Russia offers cash bonuses, frees prisoners and lures foreigners to replenish its troops
For average wage earners in Russia, it's a big payday. For criminals seeking to escape the harsh conditions and abuse in prison, it's a chance at freedom. For immigrants hoping for a better life, it's a simplified path to citizenship.
Zeki and foreign mercenaries are the main resources of the Kremlin army.
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