MEAT" FOR ASSAULTS: How Central Asian Citizens Are Recruited for War

"MEAT" FOR ASSAULTS: How Central Asian Citizens Are Recruited for War

The Kyrgyz media platform Tandyr Media has prepared a major investigation into who, how, and why residents of Central Asian countries end up at war as part of the Russian army. In the new documentary film, human rights defenders and survivors reveal the truth about recruitment methods into the Russian Armed Forces.

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Contract, deception, violence — HOW citizens of Central Asian countries are recruited into the Russian army || Documentary

Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, at least 13,000 citizens of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan have been recruited into the Russian army.

At the same time, the pace of recruitment has been increasing year after year. Most mercenaries…