Russia's Investigative Committee said Belarusian authorities have detained an unidentified Tajik man who fled Russia in October along with another Tajik national to evade military conscription after both obtained Russian citizenship before the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Investigative Committee said on March 15 the man was extradited to Russia and confessed to evading military service. The second man remains at-large. After Russia launched its full-scale invasion, migration police raided homes of Central Asian migrant workers, checking their documents. Those who have Russian passports have been forced to join Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
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