Forty-Seven of Russia’s 50 Top Universities Are Advertising Defense Ministry Contracts to Students, Investigation Finds
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Recruiters have stepped up efforts to recruit students into the army of the aggressor country. Russia is critically short of military resources. Therefore, recruiters are "luring" students into supposed drone units. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing The Moscow Times. "Cannon Fodder" at Russian Universities At least 47 of the top 50 Russian universities are encouraging students to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense, the publicatio…
Students are promised a "one-year" service, high benefits and career prospects.
Forty-seven of Russia’s 50 top universities are advertising Defense Ministry contracts to students, investigation finds
Forty-seven of Russia’s 50 top universities have urged students to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry, according to a study by the independent Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe.
The Novaya Gazeta Europe and Groza projects wrote about Russian universities that recruit contract servicemen from among their own students. Only one university in the top 50 has not yet published an advertisement for service in the Russian Armed Forces. Russian universities have been actively campaigning for six months to attract students to the war. PR specialists and lawyers have come up with a special contract that allegedly ensures that a U…
The publication came to this conclusion by studying the list of the best Russian universities in the 2026 version of Raex and by analysing reports on the websites and social media of the educational institutions themselves, as well as information from students and data published in the media.
At least 47 of Russia's top 50 universities, students have campaigned to conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 32 schools also have training in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which has been identified by the New Europe. 43 schools have campaigned to sign a contract in campuses, while four more have been recruited in branch offices, while New Europe has not been able to find publicly available …
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