Russian Federation is trying to increase the number of its troops by recruiting people from other countries. Recently, Nepal asked Moscow not to recruit its citizens to the the Russian army and to immediately return every Nepalese soldier after it was reported after it became known that six soldiers serving in the Russian army were killed. Reuters writes about this, UNN reports.
The Nepalese government has asked the Russian government to immediately return their bodies and pay compensation to their families
Diplomatic efforts are also said to be efforts were also reportedly aimed at the release of a Nepalese citizen who remains in Ukrainian captivity.
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First reports of recruited Nepalese nationals reports of Nepalese citizens being recruited for Russia's war against Ukraine appeared in June 2023, when the media and social networks published videos showing Nepalis undergoing military training in Russia and Belarus.
The English newspaper The Kathmandu Post quotes Milan Raj Tuladhar, Nepal's ambassador to Moscow, who who said that 150-200 Nepalis work as mercenaries in the Russian army. The embassy has allegedly contacted some of them and is "sending them home."
We return at least one Nepalese citizen a day. (...) If a person does not have a Nepalese passport, we issue them a travel document
He also explained, that these are Nepalese people who are attracted by the promise of large sums of money and introductions. Currently, the Nepalese authorities has urged its citizens not to join the army of a country that is at war. war.
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Nepalese soldiers of the former Gurkha special forces, founded during the British colonial empire, served in the armies of Great Britain and India after New Delhi declared independence in 1947, according to an agreement between the three countries. According to official information, Nepal has no such agreement with Russia. has no such agreement with Russia. At the same time, the interest of foreigners in serving in the Russian army is a result of of Russian President Putin's decree of September 2022, which came into force in May 2023. The new regulation reduced the period from three years to one year, after which a foreign mercenary and his family members can apply for Russian citizenship. for Russian citizenship. In this case, the applicant does not even need to have a residence permit in the country.