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Russia needs soldiers. The Global South has desperate people. The rest is exploitation.
Columns - 27 January 2026

Russia needs soldiers. The Global South has desperate people. The rest is exploitation.

After mobilization in September 2022 sent over 261,000 Russians fleeing the country, Putin found a third option: build a global trafficking infrastructure that spans from North Korea to Cuba, Nepal to Kenya, exploiting economic desperation to fuel a war that distant populations have no stake in, explained Munira Mustaffa, Senior Fellow at Verve Research

From Nairobi to the Donbas: Nearly 300 deceived Kenyans trapped on Russian front lines
Columns - 24 January 2026

From Nairobi to the Donbas: Nearly 300 deceived Kenyans trapped on Russian front lines

Wellington Nyongesa, intake editor at Standard Group PLC, stated at the Third International Conference Crimea Global that nearly 300 young Kenyan men are trapped on the Russian front lines in Ukraine, lured by false promises of jobs in supermarkets, logistics, and construction

Video showing Russian mistreatment of African mercenary spreads among Kenyan social media users
News - 15 January 2026

Video showing Russian mistreatment of African mercenary spreads among Kenyan social media users

In the video, a Russian serviceman humiliates an African fighter by strapping an anti-tank mine to him in what the narration frames as a cruel prank or punishment, labeling him with a racist expression as "coal"

In Crimea defendants in the “Hizb ut-Tahrir” case are accused of “seizing power in Russia”
News - 12 January 2017

In Crimea defendants in the “Hizb ut-Tahrir” case are accused of “seizing power in Russia”

As reported by the lawyer Kurbedinov

Ukrainian police were helping Russian drug dealers, who enslaved Ukrainian citizens
News - 05 December 2016

Ukrainian police were helping Russian drug dealers, who enslaved Ukrainian citizens

A mother of one of the victims says, her son was forced to work in Russia because of debts and unemployment

Ex-PM Yatsenyuk tells about interrogations in Maidan case
News - 13 October 2016

Ex-PM Yatsenyuk tells about interrogations in Maidan case

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has once again come to the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine for interrogation in the case of crimes against Euromaidan activists

MP Nadiya Savchenko goes on hunger strike again
News - 02 August 2016

MP Nadiya Savchenko goes on hunger strike again

She will thus demand to free Ukrainian captives

Monitoring in Crimea: Detention for souvenir flag and arrest for Ukrainian number plate
News - 01 August 2016

Monitoring in Crimea: Detention for souvenir flag and arrest for Ukrainian number plate

The monitoring report of the Crimean Human Rights Groupon human rights abuses in Crimea for June

Russian court mitigates punishment to drunk driver for participation in ‘DPR’
News - 03 February 2016

Russian court mitigates punishment to drunk driver for participation in ‘DPR’

He was sentenced to 260 hours of compulsory community services and was deprived of a driving license for two years

Things you probably do not know about human trafficking
Articles - 02 December 2015

Things you probably do not know about human trafficking

What should I tell? I went abroad through my new friends to work as a builder. Finally, I barely managed to escape with my second kidney and other organs.