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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Recruiters 'More Assertive' Toward Central Asian Migrants As Dual Citizens Urged To Fight In Ukraine
2023-05-17
[RFE/RL] In the waiting hall of Moscow's Sakharovo Migration Center that is often packed with foreign workers applying for work or residency permits, a poster -- in Tajik, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz -- hangs on the wall.

"Are you interested in obtaining Russian citizenship in a simplified way by joining the armed forces as a contractor?" it asks.

The permit center is also frequented by army recruiters who single out military-age men to try to convince them to join the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, several Tajik migrants colonists say.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  ^Been done.

"If you are serving or have served in the U.S. armed forces and are interested in becoming a U.S. citizen, you may be eligible to apply for naturalization under special provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)."
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-05-17 09:04  

#3  Surprised that DOD hasn't done this down on the southern border.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-05-17 08:40  

#2  Mikhail Matveyev, a Duma member, criticized naturalized citizens' reluctance to fight for Moscow, while he said the "indigenous people of Russia were dying for their homeland."

"Reconstitute the Soviet Union, fodder Comrades!"
Posted by: Frank G   2023-05-17 06:42  

#1  Russians are finding out that the contracts they signed keep them in for the duration of the war or more likely cargo 200.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-05-17 00:45  

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