from AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 17:49
https://sh.itjust.works/post/43820515
Samira was about to send her 16-year-old daughter from where they live in Chui, northern Kyrgyzstan, to study at a prestigious school in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. What she didn’t know was that the school, Alabuga Polytechnic – a technical institution located in the republic’s Alabuga free economic zone – was producing combat drones used in Russian air strikes on Ukraine.
“I thought it was a regular vocational school program,” Samira, who asked to remain anonymous by using a pseudonym, told RFE/RL. “But when I learned about the military ties and drone production, I was shocked.”
‘Russia Needs You’ The Russian authorities are freely distributing promotional and recruitment material for the Alabuga Polytechnic in Kyrgyz schools. One brochure urges students to “Join the…best!” A picture of young people dressed in military uniforms promises to “train [students] to become the best specialists on assembling unmanned aerial vehicles for the Russian Army’s needs!” On one brochure’s cover page, there is a picture of a drone alongside the pro-Russian military symbols “Z” and “V.”
Months earlier, according to local media reports, Alabuga Polytechnic brochures also appeared in schools in neighboring Kazakhstan.
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