In Russia, to participate in the war in Ukraine, they began to recruit suspects and accused who are in jail. This was reported on Wednesday, August 17, human rights activist and founder of the Rus Sitting Foundation Olga Romanova. According to her, criminal cases are suspended.
The existence of such a practice was confirmed by the publication, News, the founder of the human rights project Gulagu.net Vladimir Osechkin. He said that information about such cases in Moscow and the region, St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Tver and Bryansk received information on the hotline of the project.
In early July, reports began to appear in the media that the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner recruits prisoners in Russian colonies. According to the estimates of the Village and the Rus Sitting Foundation, by mid -August, representatives of the PMC visited 21 Russian colonies in 13 regions of the country. As DW Romanova reported, the businessman Evgeny Prigozhin, who is associated with the PMC of Wagner, personally traveled in the colony.