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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly raised the issue of early discharge to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his two-day trip to Moscow this week, stressing the need to bring all Indians home as early as possible, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told reporters in a news briefing.. ..
The Russian side promised the early discharge of all Indian nationals from the service of the Russian army, he said.. . Moscow has not commented on the agreement, but New Delhi has been pushing for the release of its nationals from the Russian army for months, telling CNN in April that it was a top priority.The.
In Nepal, prominent opposition lawmaker and former foreign minister Bimala Rai Paudyal told parliament earlier this year that between14,000 and 15,000 Nepalis were fighting on the front lines, citing testimony from men returning from Ukraine.. . . The Russian government last year announced a lucrative package for foreign fighters to join the countrys military, including a monthly salary of at least $2,000 and a fast track to Russian citizenship but the Kremlin has not said how many foreigners it has recruited under the plan...
One family from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad recently told CNN they spent two months trying to find out what happened to their brother after he traveled to Russia on the promise of job opportunities.. . ImranMohammad said an employment agency had enticed his brother Asfan Mohammed with an offer for helper and security jobs in the Russian army, saying he could get a Russian passport and national card within a year...
The Nepalis who fought for Russia said they had received only brief training before being sent into combat.. . Ramchandra Khadka, who returned to Nepal after suffering injuries in Ukraine, told CNN that after only two weeks of training, he was sent to the front lines in Bakhmut a town in eastern Ukraine that saw some of the heaviest fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces with a gun and a basic kit.. ..
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