A Zambian prisoner in Russia found dead in Ukraine, suggesting Russia is conscripting foreign prisoners.
A Zambian prisoner in Russia found dead in Ukraine, suggesting Russia is conscripting foreign prisonersAn abandoned Russian military tank left in the Ukrainian city of Balakliia after Russian Forces withdrew from the Kharkiv region on September 15, 2022.
A Zambian student who was serving a prison sentence in Moscow was roped into fighting for Putin in Russia's war against Ukraine identified as Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda was a 23-year-old studying nuclear engineering at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in Russia, according to Zambia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stanley K. Kakubo. , landing him in a Russian prison to serve sentence of nine years and six months.
According to the statement, Nyirenda died on September 22 and his remains have since been taken to a Russian border town to be transported back to Zambia.
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