Geopolitics
The Desperate Embrace: Russia's Labor Pact with the Taliban and the Hollowing of an Empire
Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu announced a formal partnership with the Taliban in Afghanistan, crucially including plans for migrant labor agreements. This desperate pact exposes the catastrophic human and economic toll of Russia's imperialist war in Ukraine, which has consumed 1.2 million casualties and hollowed out its own labor force, forcing it to seek replacements from a nation ravaged by decades of Western occupation.
