Gurugram: Russia stopped recruiting Indians into its armed forces from March, and some of those who remain in military service have since acquired Russian citizenship, Denis Alipov, Russia’s Ambassador to India, said Tuesday.

Alipov’s statement at ThePrint’s ‘ Off The Cuff ’ event, held at the Quorum Club in Gurugram, comes against the backdrop of a Haryana youngster, whose family says he died fighting for Moscow in the Ukraine war and whose remains were brought back to India Wednesday.

Earlier this month, a man who said he was an Indian citizen surrendered to Ukrainian forces, prompting New Delhi to reiterate its stand on halting recruitment of Indians for the war.

“This is a very big problem that we have now. There were many instances of, you know, unscrupulous recruiting agencies

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