Exposing the scam.
Saving the lives.

Documenting and sharing information on predatory recruitment practices of the Russian Armed Forces.

Key Figures

Recruited by Russia

foreigners from over 135 countries have joined service in the Russian Armed Forces.

Confirmed deaths

foreign recruits killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

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Prisoners of War

whose citizens were captured in Ukraine

Foreign POWs in Ukraine →

Top Stories

Botswana Stopped Eight Citizens at Three Airports Before They Could Board Flights to Russia's War. Twenty-Two Have Already Been Recruited.

Botswana Stopped Eight Citizens at Three Airports Before They Could Board Flights to Russia's War. Twenty-Two Have Already Been Recruited.

Botswana's International Relations Minister Phenyo Butale told lawmakers on Friday, August 21, that eight citizens had been intercepted at airports in three countries while attempt…

South Africa Is Better at Investigating Russian Recruitment Than at Preventing It. A Policy Analyst Mapped Five Reforms to Fix That.

South Africa Is Better at Investigating Russian Recruitment Than at Preventing It. A Policy Analyst Mapped Five Reforms to Fix That.

He Called It Pan-Africanism. South Africa Calls It Terrorism. Who is Kemi Seba?

He Called It Pan-Africanism. South Africa Calls It Terrorism. Who is Kemi Seba?

POW Profiles

Raymon Santos Gumangan from the Philippines Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine

POW ProfileAug 23, 2026

Raymon Santos Gumangan from the Philippines Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine

Haron Kibet Pachenge from Kenya Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine

POW ProfileAug 22, 2026

Haron Kibet Pachenge from Kenya Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine

Sahil Mahammadhusen Majoti from India Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine

POW ProfileAug 20, 2026

Sahil Mahammadhusen Majoti from India Joined the Russian Army and Became a Prisoner of War in Ukraine

Profiles of recruiters who lured foreigners into Russia's army

Benjamin Stimson

Benjamin Stimson

Konstantin Trifonov

Konstantin Trifonov

Viktor Vasilyev (Lukovenko)

Viktor Vasilyev (Lukovenko)

Newsfeed

A Russian Soldier Is Trying to Give Orders to an African Recruit Using Gestures. Neither Speaks the Other's Language.

A Russian Soldier Is Trying to Give Orders to an African Recruit Using Gestures. Neither Speaks the Other's Language.

Ukraine Just Freed 103 Soldiers. Russia Has Not Asked for Its Foreign Recruits Back.

Ukraine Just Freed 103 Soldiers. Russia Has Not Asked for Its Foreign Recruits Back.

Investigations

EUvsDisinfo Investigated Russia's Global Foreign Recruitment Pipeline. Here Is What They Found.

EUvsDisinfo Investigated Russia's Global Foreign Recruitment Pipeline. Here Is What They Found.

Legal Actions

Uzbek Citizen Jailed for Fighting in Russia's War in Ukraine

Uzbek Citizen Jailed for Fighting in Russia's War in Ukraine