Hemul Mangakia grew up in Surat, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat. The 23-year-old was looking for an opportunity and a way to make his mark on the world. So when he came across a YouTube video of him posted by a recruitment agency in St. Petersburg, Russia, he was intrigued. The man in the video said there was a need for security guards in the historic city. Salaries were up to £2,000 per month. The opportunity was too good to pass up.
as hannah ellis petersen, The Guardian’s South Asia correspondent says: michael safi, this is a scene that has been played hundreds, maybe thousands of times in recent months. Young people, mainly from India and Nepal, fly to Russia with the promise of well-paid jobs and are then pressured to sign different types of contracts. The idea is to enlist them in the Russian army and bring them to the front lines of the war in Ukraine. , where many people are currently dying.
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