In total, more than 23,000 prisoners disappeared from Russian colonies in September and October.
In the men’s colonies of the Russian Federation in the first two months of autumn, the number of prisoners decreased by a record 23 thousand people. This change happened against the backdrop of the recruitment of Wagner PMCs and the sending of prisoners of war to Ukraine. On Friday, November 18, Mediazona reports related to the data of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation.
It is noted that there are no such sharp jumps since 2010: even the most massive amnesty in recent years released a smaller number of Russians in a short time.
Mediazona said that according to the Federal Penitentiary Service, at the beginning of August, almost 349 thousand people were kept in correctional colonies. However, by the end of October, their numbers had dropped significantly.
“In total, more than 23,000 prisoners disappeared from the colonies in two months,” the article said.
The reduction in the prison population is taking place against the background of the recruitment of prisoners to participate in the war in detachments of the Wagner PMC, whose founder Yevgeny Prigozhin promises freedom to those convicted in exchange for participation in the war against Ukraine .
The number of 23,000 missing prisoners is reported to be broadly in line with the founder’s estimate. Russ sat down Olga Romanova: according to her calculations, by the end of October the number of recruited Wagner PMCs exceeded 20 thousand, and by mid-November – more than 30 thousand.
Recall that in September a video appeared showing Prigozhin recruiting prisoners for the war in Ukraine.
Prigozhin admitted for the first time that he created the Wagner PMC
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Source: korrespondent
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