Seven thousand mercenaries are fighting against #Russia on the side of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine (#AFU), according to estimates by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the #Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). "We are talking about citizens from more than 70 countries, mostly from European and Latin American countries that pursue an aggressive anti-Russian course," Nikolai Plotnikov, director of the Center, told RIA Novosti. According to him, most "soldiers of fortune