According to the military, the detained man was recruited by the Russian army through a migration center in Moscow. He signed a contract hoping to avoid a criminal record and earn money.

Russian army soldiers (illustration image)Ergin Mikhail/ Shutterstock A court in Uzbekistan sentenced a country's citizen, who served in the Russian army, to 4 years and 2 months of restriction of ...

Russia and Kazakhstan remain the favourite destinations for migrant workers from Uzbekistan. The exact number of Uzbeks working abroad is difficult to ascertain. The Agency for External Labor ...