Russia is actively engaging labor migrants from various countries for work in the occupied territories of Ukraine and to support its military infrastructure. Representatives of the Taliban movement, which controls Afghanistan, have reached an agreement to significantly increase the number of Afghan workers in the Russian Federation. Currently, about 100 citizens of Afghanistan are already working on Russian construction sites, but the arrival of another thousand labor migrants from this country is expected soon.
This is reported by Business • Media
Plans for work in the occupied territories of Ukraine
The authorities of the Russian Federation plan to send Afghan builders to the temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine, including the so-called “DPR” and “LPR.” There, labor migrants are expected to engage in clearing areas and restoring infrastructure that has been destroyed during hostilities.
“Cooperation between Russia and the Taliban movement, which was recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation back in 2003, has sharply intensified since the beginning of the full-scale war initiated by Russia against Ukraine.”
Involvement of workers from North Korea and Central Asia
In addition to Afghans, Russia has made agreements with North Korea to send 1,000 sappers and 5,000 military builders to participate in the reconstruction of the Kursk region. Furthermore, North Korea may send up to 25,000 workers to Russian factories that manufacture drones.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, citizens of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries who come to Russia for work are increasingly being mobilized to participate in the war against Ukraine. They are forming separate units that are typically used in the most dangerous areas of the front.