Russia is losing soldiers faster than it can replace them, and it is turning abroad to fill the ranks. Ukraine says more than 28,000 foreigners have signed Russian military contracts to date, lured by promises of high pay, jobs, and citizenship.
A Kharon investigation mapped one of the networks supplying the Kremlin’s war machine with fresh blood. It links a Moscow military training center that holds government recruiting contracts to unregistered firms marketing military careers to men worldwide.
But that research led to another chilling discovery: The same operation appears not only to be recruiting foreign men to fight but also, trafficking experts say, exploiting young women in Russia.
Watch the video below.
A Kharon investigation mapped one of the networks supplying the Kremlin’s war machine with fresh blood. It links a Moscow military training center that holds government recruiting contracts to unregistered firms marketing military careers to men worldwide.
But that research led to another chilling discovery: The same operation appears not only to be recruiting foreign men to fight but also, trafficking experts say, exploiting young women in Russia.
Watch the video below.
