🇮🇳The Indian Embassy in Russia has announced the death of its citizen, 30-year-old Shri Mohammed Asfan. According to Indian media, he was fraudulently recruited into the Russian army and sent to fight against Ukraine, where he died

According to Asfan's relatives, he and several other men were deceived by a blogger who runs the YouTube channel Baba Vlogs (305 thousand subscribers). He allegedly helps Indians get work permits in Russia.

In particular, he took $3.6 thousand from Asfan, promising to employ him as a security guard in Russia. But after arriving and signing the contract, Asfan realized that he had been recruited as an "assistant" to the Russian army.

The BBC has previously reported on this scheme. Indians between the ages of 22 and 31 are employed as alleged "assistants" in Russian military institutions, and then sent into battle under the pretext of "training".

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