Where Are The Russian Mothers

[Igel]

12. A lot of poor Russians or rural Russians are also conscripted or urged

to be contract soldiers.

As for capitalizing "white," a White Russian is a drink, a derogatory older term for a Belorusian, or a Russian who fought against the Red Army in the Civil War.

Many White Russians did leave Russia, but most of them settled in Europe, some in Mexico, not so many in poorer and just as war-torn countries like Turkey. (Let's go with "ethnic Russians" since we've let nationality coopt ethnic terms in a way that confuses things too often, in many ways intentionally.)