According to human rights activists in Russian prisons, volunteers are being specifically sought for Moscow’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The Russian civil rights activist Olga Romanowa, who lives in Berlin, reported on Facebook that suspects and accused were also recruited with the promise that in return the criminal proceedings would be dropped. There are examples from detention centers in the Moscow region. “But I think it started everywhere,” wrote Romanova, who is considered a respected expert on prisoner’s rights in Russia.
There is no general mobilization in Russia for the war in Ukraine, which has been going on for almost half a year. That is why the army and President Vladimir Putin depend on volunteers. A sign of a shortage of personnel at the front is that the authorities in many regions have started using street advertising to promote a mission in Ukraine. Cities and regions set up their own battalions.
Since almost all charges in Russia end in a guilty verdict, suspects and accused should now be given a choice: war or prison. The founder of the Gulaga.net project created to combat violence in Russian prisons, Vladimir Osechkin, while in exile in France, confirmed prison recruitment practices. There is also information from St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Tver and Bryansk.
According to the internet portal Meduza, there were reports in the Russian media about the early July Search for volunteers in numerous prison camps of the vast empire. Accordingly, the private mercenary organization “Wagner” recruited criminals there for the war effort.
The Internet portal Mediazona reported that the businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin wanted by the USA, who is considered a “Wagner” financier with the best contacts to Putin, is said to have recruited volunteers in prison camps himself. In return be them 100,000 rubles (1,600 euros) a month wages, bonuses, payments to families in the event of death and an amnesty been promised.
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