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Russia is luring Cubans to Ukraine with fast-tracked citizenship and a lucrative signing bonus: 'Almost all of our friends have gone'
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https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-cuba-ukraine-fast-tracked-citizenship-signing-bonus-2023-9
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Russian government is luring poor Cubans to fight in its war in Ukraine by offering a fast track to citizenship and a signing bonus worth more than most residents of Havana make in a year, according to an investigation by Reuters.
Hundreds of Cubans, meanwhile, have headed in the other direction as Russia turns to foreign fighters to fill its trenches.
In early September, the Cuban government, an otherwise staunch ally of Russia, described the recruitment of its citizens as being part of a “human trafficking network.”
Some recruits have complained of a bait and switch, saying they signed up for civilian jobs — a truck driver or a construction worker — only to end up in a war zone.
Russia is also offering relatively generous terms to residents of a country where the average salary is under $200 a month.
“Everyone here knew what they were coming for,” a Cuban man at a training camp in Russia told Reuters.
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