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 ...

Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia's Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow's war in ...

They hoped for a better career but ended up in Russia's war factories. A new study reveals how young women, mainly from Africa, have been being exploited. Some of those affected have shared their ...

The Alabuga Start saga must be understood through the lens of imperial media warfare. It was a calculated operation to smear Russia, fracture BRICS, and discipline South Africa’s foreign policy into ...

Alabuga Start international program is becoming increasingly popular among young people in our country. This initiative offers young women aged 18 to 22 the chance to move to Russia and start building ...

Influencers are finding themselves in hot water after promoting the Alabuga Start Programme that reportedly left young women vulnerable to human trafficking networks. The Russian Embassy said it has ...

The Alabuga Start programme is actively expanding in Russia, aimed at relocating young women from Africa, India, and Latin America to pursue employment and career advancement. Over the past few years, ...

A Russian soldier launches a drone in an undisclosed location in Ukraine in this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Russia has ...

THE Russian Embassy in Zimbabwe has defended the Alabuga Start Programme, which was reportedly flagged as a "deceptive" work-study initiative, recruiting young women from Zimbabwe and Africa. The ...

Moving to another country – the main fear in life or an opportunity to broaden horizons? This is the question our protagonist Eyerusalem Worku from Ethiopia askes herself today. She has been living ...

But what awaits them is not a Slavic paradise, but a living hell of grinding labour, racism, and in some cases, even prostitution. The Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a compound in western ...