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He is one of as many as 15,000 Nepali men to have joined the Russian military, multiple sources have told CNN, after the Russian government last year announced a lucrative package for foreign fighters to join the country’s military.
The package included at least $2,000 salary a month and a fast-tracked process to obtain a Russian passport. Nepal’s passport is ranked one of the worst in the world for global mobility, below North Korea, according to an index created by global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners, and the Himalayan nation is among the world’s poorest, with a per capita GDP of $1,336 for 2022, according to World Bank data.
It is a fear that’s gripping dozens, if not hundreds, of Nepali families. While Nepal’s government does not have exact numbers of the country’s nationals fighting as mercenaries for Russia, some analysts believe they may total as many as one thousand. At least 12 Nepalis have been killed in the fighting, and five others captured by Ukraine.
Nepal’s government is negotiating with Russia diplomatically for the repatriation of its citizens and the bodies of the deceased, the families of civilian-turned-mercenaries are losing patience. On Tuesday, the families demonstrated outside the Russian embassy in Kathmandu, demanding that their relatives be sent back, dead bodies be repatriated, fresh recruitments be halted and compensation be offered for those killed in combat.
The EU should use some of that Russian money they froze to hire some elite Gurkhas to fight for Ukraine.Lots of Christmas bills coming due? Would $3,000 help you pay off some of those pesty holiday credit card bills?
Come see the world. Learn a skill. Get PTSD. Russia wants you!
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‘Want to go home’: Nepalis fighting for Russia in Ukraine describe horrors
They were lured by the promise of $3,000 paycheques and Russian citizenship. Now they’re trapped, wounded or dead.www.aljazeera.com
Especially when they're loaded with supplies!These Ropucha Class Landing ships are costly items to lose.
I think you mean sunk landing ship.sunk battleship
And it is still quite contained. It could have been much bigger. And still could be.Am I the only one speechless at how big this war has gotten? I mean, I really never thought it would get this big.
The only thing I'm speechless about is how the West, especially the U.S., has been trickling in aid.Am I the only one speechless at how big this war has gotten? I mean, I really never thought it would get this big.
