“Putin’s plan is to recruit at least 50,000 convicts and Prigozhin, who is an ex-convict himself, has already sent more than 3,000” inmates to Ukraine, including “serial murderers, robbers and at least one cannibal,” Olga Romanova told The Daily Beast.
—has been taking trips to Russian prison camps in order to enlist convicted criminals to fight in Ukraine, according to accounts from military analysts and videos that have emerged on Telegram from Russian prisons.
As part of their work, Russia Behind Bars provides legal and charitable aid to Russia’s half a million prison population, and are often in touch with the families of inmates. Romanova told The Daily Beast that they started hearing reports about prison recruits being deployed to Ukraine as early as June. “If in July and August they were brushing through jails in the central part of Russia, yesterday they traveled to the Urals, [which] has more than 35 prison camps and jails.
An attorney for Russia Behind Bars, Ruslan Vakhapov, said Wagner Group has visited at least three prisons in Russia’s Yaroslavl region. “Originally, Wagner grabbed mostly those convicted for homicide—Criminal Code Article #105—and robbery—Article 162. But now, their fishing net takes everybody in, including man-eaters. So far we know of one case of recruitment among Russian cannibals,” Vakhapov told The Daily Beast.“The murkiest characters go to Ukraine,” he added.
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