"Recruited by Russia: The Nepali Fighters' Traumatic Ordeal"
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As many as 15,000 Nepali men have been recruited by Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine, with promises of a $2,000 monthly salary and a fast-tracked process to obtain a Russian passport. Many have returned traumatized, while some have not returned at all. Families of these fighters are desperate for information and assistance, as hundreds of them have lost contact with their loved ones in Russia. The Nepali government has banned its citizens from traveling to Russia for work and has urged Moscow to address their concerns, but so far, little action has been taken.
- Russia has recruited as many as 15,000 Nepalis to fight its war. Many returned traumatized. Some never came back CNN
- ‘Want to go home’: Nepalis fighting for Russia in Ukraine describe horrors Al Jazeera English
- Nepali activists urge Putin to repatriate and halt recruitment of Nepali citizens IndiaTimes
- Surya Sharma, who joined the Russian army as a mercenary to fight in the invasion of Ukraine and asked to use a pseudonym for legal reasons, walks along a street in Kathmandu NBC Right Now
- They were recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine. Now thousands of them have lost contact with their families Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3
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