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In an attempt to avoid mobilisation, Kremlin now allows foreigners to serve in Russian army

To offset battlefield losses without triggering a second wave of mobilisation, the Russian president signed a decree allowing foreigners to serve in the Russian army not only during a state of emergency or martial law, but also amid draft periods.

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00:00Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreigners to serve in the
00:06Russian army not only during a state of emergency or martial law but also during draft periods.
00:13Moscow has recently intensified its summer offensive against Ukraine. Allowing foreigners
00:19to serve in the army would therefore strengthen the recruitment process while avoiding formal
00:25conscription. According to a British intelligence update the majority of foreign recruits came from
00:31South and East Asia. The UK Ministry of Defence suggested the main factors motivating foreigners
00:37to sign up are financial incentives and the possibility of obtaining Russian citizenship.

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