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Russia Looks to Indian Market to Fill 800,000 Vacancies in Crippled Construction Sector (united24media.com)

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[–] Sepia@mander.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago

In Novermber 2025, dozens of families from across India gathered in the capital, New Delhi, to call on authorities to bring their loved ones home as Russia recruits Indians as cannon fodder on the Ukrainian front.

The [Indian] men had been caught up in a shadowy network that brought them to Russia, promising legitimate jobs, but later sent them to fight on the front lines in Ukraine ... A common theme emerged: The men had all been forced to sign contracts in Russian that they did not understand and then sent to fight in Ukraine with little to no training.