Teenagers at Russia's Alabuga factory are paid up to £3,000/month to assemble Shahed drones, some exported to Iran, fueling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alabuga production facility manufactures Geran-2 combat drones based on the Iranian Shahed-136 modelpicture alliance / abaca ...

On a Kyiv rooftop in late November, a small group of volunteers in mismatched fatigues keep anxious watch. By day, all are judges in Ukraine’s highest courts, but once a fortnight they come together ...

About 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into ...

Several South African influencers have come forward to share their side of the story amid growing social media outrage over a Russian work program that some have linked to human trafficking. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Interpol in Botswana began investigating Alabuga Start, billed in Africa as a work-study program in Russia for "ambitious young ...

The social media ads promised the young African women a free plane ticket, money and a faraway adventure in Europe. Just complete a computer game and a 100-word Russian vocabulary test. But instead of ...

Civil society organizations and stakeholders have joined forces to raise awareness and combat the exploitation of young Nigerian women through Russia’s controversial Alabuga Start program, which has ...

Social media star Cyan Boujee, real name Honor Zuma, has officially addressed the public outcry about her involvement in the promotion of the Alabuga Start programme. With over 900,000 Instagram ...