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Kyrgyz mercenary who fought for Russia in Ukraine jailed

Court established 32-year-old man had joined forces of Moscow-led separatists in Donbas

A Kyrgyz court has handed a 10-year sentence to a man who fought for Russia in Ukraine, at a time when Moscow is trying to boost recruitment of people from ex-Soviet central Asian countries.

Dozens of nationals of these countries have been killed in Ukraine in recent months, local media say, most of them after joining the ranks of the Russian army or the private military group Wagner.

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