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‘I was tricked into fighting for Russia’

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We speak to a Kenyan man who says he believed he was travelling to Russia to join a basketball team but was instead coerced into military service. He describes signing a contract in Russian, witnessing death in battle, and fighting in a war he says he never agreed to join.

Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Carolyne Kiambo and Fana Negash.
Technical Producer: Herbert Masua
Senior Producer: Priya Sippy.
Editors: Samuel Murunga and Maryam Abdalla
20 Feb 10AM English United Kingdom News

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