Russia held its elections this weekend and Vladimir Putin was unsurprisingly declared

president.

The Kremlin says it's a sign that Russians broadly approve of his war in Ukraine, which is now in its second year.

Accurate polling on that is hard to come by though. What we do know for sure is this.

Both countries are suffering from a troop shortage and Russia has a

strategy to refill its ranks. Yes it is actually happening on a big scale you know

not just from India and Nepal but from countries like you know China

Kazakhistan but jazakhistan but last week India said its citizens weren't

voluntarily signing up for the Russian military. They were trafficked.

Several Indian nationals have been duped to work with the Russian army.

Coming up, Russia's accidental mercenaries,

and how they disguise the real cost of war.

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