インターネット調査室： 「Russia to recruit foreigners in neighboring countries to beef up its army depleted by 300,000 war casualties, says the UK Defense Ministry」

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Business Insider:  4 Sept,2023

「Russia to recruit foreigners in neighboring countries to beef up its army depleted by 300,000 war casualties, says the UK Defense Ministry」: ?

Russia is outsourcing military recruitment to "avoid unpopular domestic mobilization measures," says UK MoD.

ここまで、来ましたか。とりあえず、民間人より少数精鋭を増やしたい？

Russia is avoiding domestic mobilization by recruiting more foreigners and migrant workers for the war against Ukraine, the UK Ministry of Defence wrote on September 3.
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The campaign to exploit migrant workers and enlist men from neighboring countries precedes Russia's upcoming presidential election in 2024.

ま、お金という強いモチベーションがある方が戦いには向いているでしょうね。

また、選挙対策から考えても確かに有効かも？

Russian military recruitment advertisements have been targeting Armenian and Kazakhstani — mainly ethnic Russians from the Kostanay region — audiences since late June. The ads offer down payments of s495,000 rubles ($5,140) and starting salaries of 190,000 rubles ($1,973).

この金額なら安いかも？

Migrant workers' statuses are being leveraged. They are being offered "fast-track citizenship" if they join the fight in Ukraine, with salaries of up to $4,160 on the cards.

西側では命を賭ける金額ではありませんが．．．

According to the UK MoD, there are upwards of six million Central Asian migrants in Russia, all of whom are "potential recruits" in the Kremlin's eyes.

日本にいるとイメージが湧かないかも知れませんがロシアに入ってくる移民は意外と多いです。

私のモスクワ業務時代、いつも行っていたオープンカフェの店員も移民のカザフスタン人でした。　モスクワ市内では、純正ロシア人が殆どで気づかないのですが、しばらくモスクワにいると結構多いのが分かります。

米国もにたようなもので、GIになり手が少ないのでメキシコ人を軍で雇い、（正確な期間は忘れましたが）確か５年ぐらい軍で真面目にサービスすると米国籍が貰える、とか昔知り合いのGIメキシコ人が言っていました。

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