Uzbekistan Prosecutor’s Office “Criminal Punishment for Participation in Foreign Conflicts”
Latvia and other countries are also paying attention to Russian trends and strengthening immigration measures
When Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was put on the defensive by Ukraine’s counterattack, invoked an order to mobilize the army, neighboring countries, fearing that their citizens would enlist in the Russian army, began cracking down on the door.
According to Archyde.com on the 22nd (local time), the Uzbekistan Prosecutor’s Office issued a statement the day before, warning its citizens not to participate in the Ukrainian war, saying that anyone who participates in a military conflict abroad will face criminal punishment under domestic law.
The Uzbekistan prosecution’s action came right following the Russian government issued a blitzkrieg order to mobilize the military in order to increase its troops.
Earlier, the Russian parliament also offered an incentive to pass a bill that would simplify the process of granting citizenship to foreigners enlisting in the Russian military.
Uzbekistan citizens fighting on the side of Russia are being revealed this month on Ukrainian social media, with a video showing two Uzbek men captured during the Ukraine-Russian battle.
They were recruited as recruits from Moscow and were reportedly fighting on the side of the Russian army.
With a population of 35 million, Uzbekistan is the third most populous country in the former Soviet Union following Russia and Ukraine, and a significant proportion of the population speaks Russian fluently.
Hundreds of thousands of Uzbeks now live or regularly travel to Russia to work and send remittances to their families at home.
Many of them are working illegally, risking deportation, Archyde.com said.
Neighboring countries that border Russia, such as Latvia and Finland, are also closely monitoring Russia’s trends, and have strengthened entry measures in preparation for the situation in which Russians subject to mobilization are seeking asylum.
/yunhap news
