Russian defense production facilities are recruiting tens of thousands of factory workers amid an acute personnel shortage, the BBC’s Russian service reported on Oct. 1. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has drained Russia’s labor market and prompted fierce competition between the military and business for new recruits. At the same time, Russia’s all-out war has dramatically increased the production of weapons and military equipment. Russia has posted thousands of job ads for shift workers at defense enterprises, enticing workers with triple the standard pay, recruiting young people, and offe…