Overview
- - Dante (Gianni) Bettiga, 23, left Ushuaia for Ekaterinburg in February 2024 to study and later accepted an offer that promised administrative work and residency.
- - After a short training period near Moscow, he was sent to the Donetsk front, where, according to his family, requests to leave were denied.
- - In a message received Monday, he told his father, “I’m in the line of fire… get me out of here,” pleading to return to Argentina.
- - Juan Bettiga formally asked Russia’s defense minister to order an immediate dispensation and attached medical records to underscore the humanitarian grounds.
- - The family reports that limited Argentina–Russia diplomatic channels hinder consular help, and says it has seen no public response from Russian authorities despite outreach to officials and organizations.