"Could not read": the media learned how to lure thousands of foreign mercenaries to its army

To spread: mediators, including travel agencies, are recruiting foreigners to the so-called "elite international battalion of Russia", using advertising companies, attractive financial conditions, as well as certain tricks when concluding the contracts themselves. The agitation and recruitment of foreigners is mostly due to Telegram, writes Los Angeles Times.

"Advertising was simple: subscribe to a year to fight on the side of Russia in the" area of ​​special military operation " - that is, in the war in Ukraine - and get citizenship, free medical care, money and land," the material reads. At the same time, Russians resort to deceptive ways of motivating to sign a contract. In particular, it was with a driver from Jordan, who joined the Russian army, because he hoped that he would prepare food for soldiers and was on the front line.

Prior to that, the man worked as a taxis with four children. He sent businessman Polina Alexandrovna data of his passport, and in August he received a visa and a ticket to the aircraft and flew to Moscow. "He wanted to provide our children, give them what he could not give in the past," said Jordan Lamis Hammad. But a few days after the signing of the contract, which he ended up in the armor in the forefront pursued by the drones, somewhere in the southeastern part of Ukraine occupied by Russia.

"He faces all kinds of dangers . . . If he is raised to his face, he cannot even escape. There they treat them as cattle," Hammad explained. According to her, the man "could not read the contract" because he was refused translators and was not given access to Wi-Fi to translate the contract with the phone. What is a common way to mislead foreigners. Shortly after getting to the front, Hammad contacted Pauline and begged to break the contract, but he was told that he had to pay almost $ 6,000.

Another way to make foreigners fight on the side of the Russian Federation is student visas and tourist visas. "In the Russian army, many foreigners who joined the service initially came to Russia as students, but their visas have ended, and they do not want to return home. A significant number also comes to Moscow on tourist visas after their approval by the military. When they arrived in Russia, they visit the offices of such a counterpart, and the opponents.

Russian officer at the airport, ”the article reads. In addition, in order to motivate foreigners in the ranks of the Russian army, the recruiters of the invaders are constantly publishing posts that praise the victories of the Russian army in Ukraine and are silent. The authors of the material emphasize that despite the risks, the interest of foreigners does not disappear.