Russians Recruited for War via Warehouse Guard Jobs
Russians are being lured into the war through warehouse guard vacancies at Wildberries. Mass advertisements for warehouse guard positions at Wildberries and Ozon have appeared on Avito, which are used to recruit Russians to fight in Ukraine, reports 'Vertka'.
Consensus
- Around two thousand job postings for warehouse guards at Wildberries and Ozон have appeared on Avito in the past few days.
- The job postings are mostly titled 'Security for WB and Ozon warehouses as part of a mobile fire group'.
- Recruiters offer a one-year special contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
- The contract is presented as a way to protect warehouses from drone attacks, citing a request from Wildberries to the Ministry of Defense.
- Applicants are told they will not be sent to the war in Ukraine.
- The process of signing the contract is identical to that for participants in the Special Military Operation (SVO).
- A lump sum payment of 3.1 million roubles is promised.
- The job postings are considered by sources to be a cover for recruiting contract soldiers for the war in Ukraine.
- Similar disguised military recruitment has occurred before on Avito, including for drivers of humanitarian cargo and warehouse guards in Belarus.
Points of divergence
- Sobesedniki 'Verstki', close to recruitment, consider these ads a 'typical scam' and 'bait'. — tg_tvrain
- Recruiters emphasize that applicants must be healthy, not convicted, and under 40 years old. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- Three sources close to recruitment consider the ads a cover for recruiting contract soldiers, and note that Avito strictly moderates 'SVO' content, prompting the use of veiled language. — tg_echoonline_news
- One recruiter stated that the goal is to secure rear units and that they have no relation to frontline operations. — tg_svobodnieslova
Coverage (5 sources)
- Russians are being recruited for the war through security guard vacancies for Wildberries and Ozon warehouses — Дождь (Telegram)
- Russians are being recruited for war through security guard vacancies for Wildberries and Ozon warehouses — Дождь
- «Need healthy, unconvicted, under 40». Russians are being lured to war through Wildberries warehouse guard vacancies — The Moscow Times
- Russians are being recruited for war through warehouse security job postings — "Vorstka" — ЭХО / Новости
- Russians are being lured into a Ministry of Defense contract via warehouse guard vacancies at Wildberries and Ozon — Вёрстка