russia\u2019s recruitment of young women in South Africa for a strike drone production plant has reached such a scale that the government of this country has been forced to publicly respond and warn its citizens about the danger.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f The \u201calabuga\u201d special economic zone is conducting an active advertising campaign to recruit workers from African and Asian countries, promising high salaries and career prospects. In reality, it is work at a military plant producing drones for bombing Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f Notably, russia is using BRICS structures to search for workers. In other words, the kremlin is involving an international organization \u2014 which it constantly tries to present as a tool of economic development and peaceful cooperation \u2014 for its military purposes.<\/p>\n
This demonstrates the kremlin\u2019s true attitude towards Africa \u2014 as a source of resources, particularly human ones. Despite russian propaganda in Africa about the \u201cfight against colonialism\u201d and opposition to the West, russia is in fact reproducing colonial practices by exploiting vulnerable groups of the population in African states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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