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Podcast: In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Episode: Nepalis enlist with Russian forces on promises of money, citizenship
Description: Russia's military, in desperate need of personnel for its war in Ukraine, has been recruiting foreign mercenaries with promises of generous wages and a Russian passport. Many of these soldiers-for-hire make the long journey from Nepal, despite their government's efforts to stop them going.