On a Kyiv rooftop in late November, a small group of volunteers in mismatched fatigues keep anxious watch. By day, all are judges in Ukraine’s highest courts, but once a fortnight they come together ...

About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alabuga production facility manufactures Geran-2 combat drones based on the Iranian Shahed-136 modelpicture alliance / abaca ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interpol in Botswana began investigating Alabuga Start, billed in Africa as a work-study program in Russia for "ambitious young ...

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia's Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow's war in ...

The social media ads promised the young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a computer game and a 100-word Russian vocabulary test. But instead of ...

Civil society organizations and stakeholders have joined forces to raise awareness and combat the exploitation of young Nigerian women through Russia’s controversial Alabuga Start program, which has ...

Patricia Kilinga one of the individuals in Africa linked to Alabuga Start. [Association of European Investigative journalists/Courtesy] Fresh revelations have emerged listing names and faces of ...

Alabuga Start international program is becoming increasingly popular among young people in our country. This initiative offers young women aged 18 to 22 the chance to move to Russia and start building ...