#Russia

Russia’s war effort is increasingly fueled by human trafficking. Enslaved people are being sold to military commissariats for up to $1,200 each, as criminal networks and officials profit from forced conscription.

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union attempted to replicate the American U-2 spy plane using parts recovered from a downed aircraft. Despite efforts to reverse-engineer both the airframe and its engine, the S-13 project never took off—literally or figuratively.