Russia’s regions and ethnic republics have borne a disproportionate share of the burden in supplying manpower for the front lines in Ukraine since the onset of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. With no peace deal in sight, regional officials are buckling up for yet another year of trying to fulfill the Kremlin-imposed military recruitment quotas — an increasingly difficult task. The Moscow Times spoke to Maria Vyushkova, a leading researcher of regional and ethnic disparities in Russia’s war casualties, to understand how and where Moscow will search for fresh manpower in 2026.
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