A cool guide about which citizens around the world are fighting on Russian side in Ukraine

This really is a testament to the loss of American soft power.

The US stepping back and prioritizing corporate profits and short-term domestic political gain has really harmed them. George W. Bush's administration did incredible damage, Trump effectively tripled that damage.

Couple that with China's Belts-and-Roads initiatives and Russia's bargain-bin-imperialism in the middle east and north Africa and you can see how we got here.

Cuba arrests 17 for allegedly helping recruit some of its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

I've read that a lot of these people are being tricked. They're convinced to go to Russia with a job promise and are then forced to join the army.

Ah yes, the country of "small" and the city of "everyone". Does someone have a link to the original?

I tried to find an actual Forbes article with this graphic, but came up empty.

So far, this thing screams "Source: trust me bro"

That's not to say that Russia doesn't press gang people into their armed forces. I feel like that's been established by now.