StopRussianRecruiters.org Now Publishes Profiles of Individuals Complicit in Russia's Predatory Recruitment

A new section is now live on StopRussianRecruiters.org. The Recruiters section - available at stoprussianrecruiters.org/recruiters - publishes profiles of individuals whose names appear, in publicly available sources, in connection with the predatory recruitment of foreign nationals into Russia's armed forces.

What the Section Contains

The profiles cover agents and intermediaries whose names appear in open sources - court records, government statements, journalistic investigations, law enforcement filings, survivor testimony - in connection with recruiting foreign nationals to fight for Russia.

The open-source record documents several recurring patterns. People are lured to Russia under the pretence of civilian work, then find themselves in a military context with no way out. Recruits are misled about the real conditions of service - the danger, the duration, the pay. Fraudulent schemes are used at the point of recruitment to extract commitment before the person understands what they are agreeing to.

Notably, deception is documented even in cases where individuals agreed to serve. Open-source accounts describe recruits who signed contracts but never received the promised payments, or who lost money through their recruiters' actions. Agreeing to serve did not protect them from fraud.

The victims documented in these open sources come from economically vulnerable communities across the world - with African countries disproportionately represented among the cases we have collected.

Why We Publish This

International human rights organisations, governments, and journalists are devoting growing attention to Russia's use of foreign recruitment to replenish its losses in the war against Ukraine. That reporting and documentation is scattered across many languages, jurisdictions, and publication formats.

StopRussianRecruiters.org collects, organises, and publishes information already in the public domain - to warn potential victims, to make it more accessible, and to draw international attention to the scale of the problem. 

If You Have Information

If you were recruited, witnessed recruitment, or have information about individuals involved in recruiting for Russia's armed forces, you can submit a report via contact@stoprussianrecruiters.org. All submissions are handled confidentially.