About 15,000 Nepalese have joined the Russian army, which is luring foreign fighters to join its ranks for the benefit of the war in Ukraine. Moscow, which needs "cheap" manpower on the bloody fronts in Ukraine, formulated an incentive package last year that includes a monthly salary of at least $2,000, in addition to a fast track to obtaining Russian citizenship.
The Nepali passport is among the worst in the world in terms of global mobility, even more so than North Korea's, according to an index by global citizenship and residency consultancy Henley & Partners.