By Aditya Pareek After launching its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and being sanctioned by the West, Russia has doubled down on its overtures to countries of the Global South. It is common knowledge that Russia’s pivot to the Global South is aimed at securing new markets for its exports due to Western sanctions and securing war material to supply its forces in Ukraine. However, there is another less explored dimension of foreign personnel recruitment in the conflict on both the Ukrainian and Russian sides. China and India have both emerged as two of the largest customers for Russian hydroc…
