Russia is allegedly engaged in a controversial practice of recruiting foreign migrants detained at its border with Finland for military service in Ukraine, violating commercial regulations that expressly prohibit such actions. The unearthed evidence pointing to several instances where individuals were coerced into signing army service contracts at military camps located along the border with Ukraine. This coercion reportedly occurred shortly after the individuals were apprehended for breaching immigration laws. While the practice of coercing people in pre-deportation detention centers to sign contracts for army service is not entirely new, there has been a noticeable surge in cases, particularly as foreign migrants began arriving at Russia's 1,340-km (833-mile) border with Finland.
