About 180,000 former Russian prisoners are fighting against Ukraine
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Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:01:00 +0200
Russia is fooling former military prisonersAccording to the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, as of November 2024, the Russian Federation had recruited from 140 to 180 NBC individuals serving sentences for crimes in Russian prisons to participate in the RussianUkrainian war.At the same time, it is known that in total, about 300350 thousand prisoners were in Russian colonies and prisons as of 2024.
This is half the number than in 2014.
The reason for the decrease is their involvement in the war.The intelligence agency said that previously prisoners received a onetime payment of 1,718 for the contract.
And in July 2024, the amount of the payment increased to 3,524.
However, prisoners, as well as their relatives, are deprived of a number of payments and benefits that volunteers receive.
Also, the salary of this category of people is two to four times lower than that of other occupiers.
It is worth noting that in late December 2024, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree to abolish lumpsum payments for prisoners.
Those who have concluded contracts with the Russian military department will not receive the payments.Prisoner mobilization in RussiaThe recruitment of prisoners in Russia has become a common practice during the war against Ukraine.
Since mid2022, the Russian authorities, with the assistance of private military companies, in particular the Wagner PMC, have been recruiting prisoners into combat operations, promising them amnesty, cash payments, and other privileges.This initiative has drawn condemnation from human rights activists, who have highlighted human rights violations and a lack of transparency regarding conditions for prisoners.Many of the prisoners died due to lack of training, and the promised benefits often remained only lip service.
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