By davideownzall on Skatehive
Relatives of Kenyans fighting for Russia in Ukraine hold photographs of their kin in downtown Nairobi on February 19, 2026, during a demonstration demanding accountability. AFP/GETTY IMAGES I came across this article in which the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa is at the center of serious accusations and a possible huge scandal, in which it is accused of deceitfully recruiting young Africans to send them to the front against Ukraine. Honestly, I am neither surprised nor shocked, but I am saddened by the dynamics of the latest tragedy that has brought the spotlight on these misdeeds of the church, the recent story of Charles Waithaka Wangari, a young Kenyan footballer, deceived with a contract to work in Russia as a heavy machinery operator. With the hope for a better future, he left his home with the belief that an honest job awaited him, but last December, just two months after arriving in Russia, he had died at the front in Ukraine, forced to fight with the Russian army. As an addi