Why Fighters from Global South Join Russia’s Army

The family of Tanzanian-born Nemes Raymond Taremo first heard rumors that their beloved relative had been killed on the frontlines in faraway Ukraine in December last year. They received their last message from Taremo, 37, two months earlier — on Oct. 17 — shortly after he joined Russia’s Wagner mercenary group from a Russian prison where he was serving a sentence on drug charges. Weeks later, he would be dead, killed in fighting as Wagner waged a brutal offensive in eastern Ukraine. Read Full Article »