Russia's 'hidden mobilization': The 'expendable' lives fueling Putin's war on Ukraine

Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome John Lough, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Foreign Policy & International Partnerships at the New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST Centre), He is also an Associate Fellow with the Russia & Eurasia Programme at Chatham House. Lough offers a sobering assessment of the social and strategic dynamics sustaining Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He argues that the Kremlin has disproportionately recruited soldiers from poorer and politically marginalised communities,

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