2023-11-11 19:55:58
According to Olga Romanova, an exiled former journalist who campaigns for the rights of prisoners and opposition activists in Russia, Moscow has recruited a total of 100,000 prison fighters. The Kremlin, for its part, has never given an official figure.
This was particularly the case of certain Wagner fighters, poached directly from their cells or from the courtyard of their prison by the former leader of the paramilitary group, Yevgeni Prigozhin, who died in August in the mid-air explosion of his plane two months ago. following an abortive rebellion.
But this strategy can prove dangerous for society when these habitual offenders return from the front, NGOs have already warned. In recent months, the local Russian press has reported several cases of released prisoners having committed serious crimes, including murder or rape, following leaving the army, once amnestied.
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