"They Lied to Me": A Burundian POW on How Russia Recruits African Students
Feb 8, 2026•Channel
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Video Details
Published4 months ago
Duration17:01
Video IDXTCLbEe7XcQ
Languageen
CategoryNews & Politics
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
Performance Metrics
Views24K
Likes416
Comments124
Engagement Rate2.25%
Likes per 100 views1.74
Comments per 1K views5.17
Video Tags
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Description
“I will say everything as it happened without leaving anything out,” says a young African man in this exclusive POW interview. Originally from Burundi, he is one of the many foreigners who arrived in Russia and ended up on the frontline due to the deceptive Russian recruitment of foreigners.
This captured soldier shares his journey from a salesperson in Burundi to a prisoner of war. Speaking in Kirundi, he details everything that has happened to him since he decided to move to Russia for his studies.
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