"Colonial powers have long recruited soldiers from the periphery to fight wars at the center. …When war becomes a business model, and soldiers are sourced like cheap labor, we are no longer in the realm of politics. We are in the realm of trafficking."
— War

January 1, 1970

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Sources

Massimo Introvigne, "Putin’s Global Casting Call: How Slave Soldiers Ended Up on the Russian Front", Bitter Winter (September 5, 2025)