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 ...

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 ...

Interpol in Botswana began investigating Alabuga Start, billed in Africa as a work-study program in Russia for "ambitious young women" but linked to the production of military drones, for possible ...

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 ...

Rescuers carrying a body out of a residential building heavily damaged during a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Aug 28, 2025. [AFP] The ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Around 200 women from Africa, aged 18 to 22, have been recruited to ...

Russia’s trap that has been netting African women in slave-like labour in its Special Economic Zone that lies at least 650 miles southeast of Moscow is turning out to be another problem that Moscow ...

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 ...

Reality TV star and social media influencer Munaka Muthambi has broken her silence about how she got involved in the Alabuga programme. Munaka, who travelled to Russia with DJ and social media star ...