Russian Mercenary Recruitment Involves Deception And Violence
Russian state bodies and educational institutions are reportedly involved in recruitment activities for military contracts. Recruitment within the Russian Federation includes detaining individuals on the street. People lacking documents are offered a choice between deportation, imprisonment, or signing a military contract. Some individuals reportedly sign documents without fully understanding them due to financial incentives. Individuals are being enticed to join Russian forces using monetary incentives, according to a report. Recruitment is occurring through monetary lures where individuals are enticed by money and choose to come forward themselves. Most recruits reportedly have no prior experience handling weapons. The Russian government is utilizing its economy to justify the war in Ukraine and promote it domestically and abroad.
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“Этим занимаются, простите, пожалуйста, министерство, госорганы и целая огромная государственная структура. И вы, в том числе, и образовательные учреждения.”
“We know that there are people who lure people into contracts... and they are involved not just some parasites, but ministries, state organizations and entire public structures.”
“вербовщики совершенно случайно. Все эти начальники учебных отделов, проректоры, деканы, они кто? по этой логике, вербовщики.”
“В ФСБ заявили, цитируя о продолжении активной деятельности украинских спецслужб по втягиванию российской молодежи посредством мессенджера Телеграмм в совершение преступления экстремистского и террористического характера.”
“Very often we face... they just use the population to force them to sign a contract. Most often they are offered, for example, some work in the rear, they say they will be working at construction sites, or security guards, or drivers, or something like that. And sometimes it is just people who catch them on the streets.”
“If they lack documents, they are detained and then offered a choice between deportation, imprisonment, or signing a contract. Some are just handed documents in a stack of papers and they sign them.”
“людей заманивают какими-то деньгами и они ведутся на это и сами приходят.”
“If we are talking about the situation inside the Russian Federation, many of them are recruited from within Russia. They can just catch them on the streets.”
“They lure people with some money, and they fall for it and come themselves. Or they are deceived, or they use falsified documents.”
“Путін спробував знизити витрати війни для російського населення за рахунок залучення зовнішніх ресурсів, зокрема використовуючи іранські безпілотники і північно-корейських солдатів.”
“After 2022, when this practice acquired a mass character, fighters are mainly, and again, people without any military operation, it can be students, and simple, and even farmers.”
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