The Russian army has a reputation for murdering, torturing and treating its own recruits terribly. How does such behavior become acceptable in a military?"They killed my child," Tatjana Bykova laments ...
Ukrainian intelligence intercepted a conversation in which Russian soldiers openly admit that they break their own soldiers' legs if they try to flee the battlefield. The new intercepted conversation ...
Kenya, Nepal, Tajikistan. They say they were deceived by Russia into joining a war they did not want to fight.
“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out “Nevsky” for “Wolves,” “Saint George,” or any of ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday allowing foreigners to serve in the Russian army not only during a state of emergency or martial law, but also during the period of mobilisation ...
After completing conscript service in his native Kazakhstan in the fall of 2023, Kiril Nysanbaev went to Russia for work. Nysanbaev's hometown of Rudny is located less than 100 kilometers from Russia, ...
General Oleg Salyukov meets with a South African military delegation in October 2024. (Russian Ministry of Defense) Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on May 15 relieving General Oleg ...