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Russia Must Stop Recruiting Indians In Its Army: India

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, New Delhi
  • Jun 12, 2024
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2 more Indians serving in the Russian army have died amid the Ukraine war. The Foreign Ministry gave this information on Thursday. 

After this, India has said that Russia should stop recruiting Indians in its army at all costs. This is not right for the partnership of both the countries.

According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Indian Embassy in Moscow has put pressure on the Russian authorities, including the Russian Defense Ministry, to bring back the bodies of both Indian citizens as soon as possible. 

Apart from this, the Ministry of External Affairs has expressed grief over the death of Indian citizens.


The Ministry of External Affairs has also appealed to Indians to be cautious if they receive job offers in Russia. He said that the government has demanded from Russia to send back the Indians recruited in the army there. This issue has also been raised with the Russian Ambassador in India.

Many Indian citizens recruited in the Russian army have died so far. In April, India's investigative agency CBI arrested 4 people in the case of fraudulently sending Indians to the Russia-Ukraine war. 

Three of these people were from India, while one was a translator working in the Russian Defense Ministry.

All these people were part of a network in which Indians are lured through social media with the promise of jobs and good salaries. According to the CBI, a Delhi-based visa company has so far sent about 180 Indians to Russia.

consultancy companies target those people who want to work abroad. After this, YouTube videos are made to deceive them. In these, it is shown that there is no effect of war in Russia and everyone is safe. After this, vacancies are shown for the job of helper, clerk in the Russian army and for evacuating buildings destroyed in the war.

It is told in the video that the people who take up the job will not have to go to fight on the border. They will be given a training of 3 months, during which they will get a salary of 40 thousand rupees. After completion of the training, the salary will be 1 lakh rupees.

When Indians fall prey to the deception and go to Russia, they are forcibly given military training. They are shown false documents on which it is written that if they do not join the Russian army, they will be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

6 Nepalese were killed while fighting on Russia's side against Ukraine in December 2023. After this news came out, Nepal had asked Russia to stop using its citizens. Many young people of Nepal are present in the battlefield for Russia for the sake of money.

According to the Kathmandu Post, Moscow had agreed a few months ago to pay compensation to the families of Nepalis killed in the war. So far, 14 Nepalis have been killed in the war.