Russia Pressures Central Asian Prisoners To Fight In Ukraine As ‘Expendable Force’

A 24-year-old migrant worker from Kyrgyzstan, Eleman enlisted in the military at a Russian prison in 2023 with the promise of parole, big money, and Russian citizenship in return for six months of combat in Ukraine.

In jail for drug trafficking, he was sent to the front line after just a few…

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