The Russian defense department followed PMC Wagner’s example and began replenishing the ranks of the military with convicts.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia began to recruit prisoners of the colonies for the war in Ukraine, as the Wagner PMC did before. This was reported on Tuesday, October 11, by the Russian edition of Important Stories, citing its sources.
“The fact that the defense department is engaged in recruitment was told by two sources from relatives of prisoners in IK-3 in the Ryazan region and IK-4 in the Stavropol Territory. publication material.
It was noted that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation offers prisoners to join the so-called Storm Battalion, created on the basis of the Southern Military District. The first recruits could be removed from IK-4 on the night of October 11th.
It is reported that the terms of the contract are similar to those of PMC Wagner, but the prisoners have more confidence in the military.
The publication suggests that the Ministry of Defense is only recruiting convicts imprisoned in colonies for former Storm employees.
Earlier, a video appeared in which the oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, close to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the founder of the so-called Wagner PMC, personally recruited Russian prisoners for the war in Ukraine.
It will be recalled, today it was reported that the SBU liquidated two groups of Wagner saboteurs.
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Source: korrespondent
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