Overview
- Six Peruvians, who landed Monday in Lima after transiting Istanbul, are the latest returns in a group of 18 repatriated from Russia.
- The Foreign Ministry and the embassy in Moscow organized flights, shelter and food for those who reached consular protection, and two more returns are pending.
- A lawyer for families reported at least 15 Peruvians dead in combat and said the new arrivals show severe dehydration, weight loss and trauma that need hospital care.
- Families say recruiters used fake offers for security, kitchen and driver jobs, and now push sham study grants and sports trips, then seize passports and force contracts written in Russian.
- Prosecutors opened a preliminary human‑trafficking investigation, Peru asked Russia for locations and health updates for those still held, and police escorted some returnees after threats from recruiting networks.