As Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on, the Russian military has gone to significant lengths to pad its ranks, including by recruiting foreign fighters from developing countries with promises of high salaries and bonuses.
Ukraine stuff only really makes noise in the West (which does not include Latin America). Most other places don’t care about the war, so related information doesn’t make the rounds either.
Do people not research even a little bit about what’s going on in the country that they are going to work? Like is there any problems that they can face, especially if they obviously know that they are in a war right now, and don’t know local language and laws.
Russia has an infamously capable propaganda sector and Peruvians have seen the bad side of US-American and European empires. It doesn’t strike me as too unreasonable that a desperate person could be convinced that news sources from those countries can’t be trusted and the Russian media can.
Probably a little bit, but “you’ll get drafted into the Russian army” is going to seem too outrageous to be true, especially since Russian propaganda will absolutely be saying it is.
Russia has been doing this for year now, how are people still falling for it?
Ukraine stuff only really makes noise in the West (which does not include Latin America). Most other places don’t care about the war, so related information doesn’t make the rounds either.
Do people not research even a little bit about what’s going on in the country that they are going to work? Like is there any problems that they can face, especially if they obviously know that they are in a war right now, and don’t know local language and laws.
Russia has an infamously capable propaganda sector and Peruvians have seen the bad side of US-American and European empires. It doesn’t strike me as too unreasonable that a desperate person could be convinced that news sources from those countries can’t be trusted and the Russian media can.
Probably a little bit, but “you’ll get drafted into the Russian army” is going to seem too outrageous to be true, especially since Russian propaganda will absolutely be saying it is.
Well, sometimes you find yourself somewhere you wouldn’t go and you gotta do what you gotta do.
Edit:
I guess it’s not super clear, but not everyone is born in a place they would go to was the implication.
I was not suggesting Latinos were some sort of magical elf race.
Usually when you live in South America you don’t find yourself in r*ssia suddenly.
You expect uneducated people with no future to be in a position to pay attention to the news?
Most people don’t read news from the other side of the world.
Well if they perish in battle, I guess the gene pool gets a little cleaner.
… Ew. That’s a gross sentiment.
I guess. I feel the same about MAGA. The leopard keep eating their faces.