According to reports, Russian military officials are allegedly seeking to recruit migrants from the Middle East and Africa who were arrested after the closure of the Russian-Finnish border crossings.
Last month, Finland closed its nearly 1,500-kilometre border with Russia because, according to the Finnish government, Moscow wants to destabilize the country with migrants in the context of hybrid warfare.
A Somali migrant who spent five days in a detention center in the Russian city of Ladenbokja claimed that uniformed Russian officers offered him… They stop the deportation process if you join the Russian armed forces.
He also revealed that 12 people accepted this offer – Six Somali citizens, five Arabs and one Cuban.
In the past, Moscow has also tried to recruit Syrian volunteers and soldiers from Inner Asia, but had little success. More than likely With these decisions, the Kremlin is trying to avoid the need for a partial wave of mobilization again. The first act caused hundreds of thousands of citizens to flee abroad.
Cover image: Chadian soldiers in the eastern part of the country in 2006. Cover image illustration, source: Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images
