Russian recruiters offer Moldovans up to $27,000 a year to fight in Ukraine
Russian recruiters promise Moldovans up to $27,000 a year to fight for Russia in Ukraine, according to a WatchDog investigation.
What it means for you
Recruits are offered up to $27,000 a year, but the contract is signed only after arrival in Russia. WatchDog expert Pavel Horea says foreign citizens who are wounded or killed have no one to protest for them. Recruiters also promise Russian citizenship and arrange the trip to Russia themselves.
What happened
A WatchDog investigation shows that Russian recruiters reach citizens of Moldova and other countries on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Offers to Moldovans go up to $27,000 a year. Meta is declared an extremist organisation in Russia, where the platforms are banned.
In short
- Moldovans are offered up to $27,000 a year, and citizens of Thailand up to $70,000.
- Recruiters promote the offers in dozens of pages, in several languages, and also promise Russian citizenship.
- According to data attributed to Ukrainian intelligence, 857 Moldovans may have been recruited, and 81 of them may have died.
- Chisinau authorities have not confirmed these figures.
- By early October, Mediazona and BBC Russian Service had documented over 266,000 deaths among Russian soldiers.
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