Russia lures migrant workers into Ukraine

Russia is recruiting thousands of workers from neighbouring countries to undertake reconstruction work in Ukraine, but many wind up digging trenches or even fighting on the battlefield


MIGRATION TO RUSSIA FROM FORMER SOVIET STATES (as of Nov 2023) 

RUSSIA
Belarus -128
Moscow
Kazakhstan 10,647
Tajikistan 76,749
Kyiv 
UKRAINE
Armenia 10,886
Uzbekistan 4,059
Kyrgyzstan 6,776
Moldova 7,972
Azerbaijan 3,605
Turkmenistan 3,408
IRAN
AFGHAN-ISTAN
CHINA

300km
185 miles


President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is spending more than $11 billion per year to rebuild occupied territories of Ukraine. Migrants are lured by job postings on Russian websites offering much higher salary than market average


Source: Bloomberg
Picture: Getty Images 
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