A man walks past a Kremlin star bearing the letter Z, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on Dec. 15, 2025. A man walks past a Kremlin star bearing the letter Z, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on Dec. 15, 2025. Alexander NEMENOV / AFP via Getty Images Earlier this year, the Alabuga industrial complex in Russia’s Tatarstan region released a series of job recruitment ads aimed at Russian teenagers.