Raids on Tajik Youth in Russia

The Russian authorities are looking for new ways to send migrants to war.

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In most regions, Russian authorities are conducting “raids” on young migrants from Central Asian countries, especially Tajiks and Uzbeks.

Some Tajik migrants have posted videos from the Khabarovsk region, claiming that in recent weeks law enforcement agencies have been intensively conducting “raids” on young Tajik migrants to recruit them into the ranks of the Russian armed forces.

According to the authors of this video, in recent years a large number of citizens of Tajikistan have moved to this region with their families. Many young Tajiks with their families, who received Russian citizenship through the resettlement program, have relocated to this area.

They say that many young Tajiks who have not yet served are not registering with the military enlistment offices, fearing that they will be drafted into the Russian armed forces and sent to war in Ukraine. Law enforcement agencies in Russia, as well as those in Tajikistan, are conducting “raids” in public places and detaining young people.

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, hundreds of thousands of young Russians have fled to other countries, fearing that they would be forcibly conscripted and sent to war.

In the context of war, when hundreds of thousands of Russian youth have fled the country, Russian authorities have begun “raids” on young migrants and are sending them to war under various pretexts. So far, hundreds of natives of Central Asian countries have been killed in the war, and hundreds have been injured or gone missing.