INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Prisoners with combat experience across Russia are being recruited en masse to fight in Ukraine, the Gulagu.net prisoner's rights group has
reportedly offering convicts deployment or work on restoring and demining occupied Ukrainian territories.According to Gulagu.net, the
recruitment campaigns took place recently at penal colonies in Russian cities including St
had allegedly agreed to join the Russian forces in Ukraine.An expletive-laden video from Adygeya published by Gulagu.net on Sunday showed
convicts loitering around the prison yard ahead of what its authors said were talks with Wagner.Gulagu.net reported Saturday that 10
prisoners had been recruited from a Nizhny Novgorod penal colony last week
On Monday, it reported that another 60 prisoners from a different Nizhny Novgorod penal colony had agreed to sign military
contracts.Gulagu.net said it obtained the information from relatives and prisoners who had reached out to the NGO themselves via its
hotline.The NGO's report corroborates independent media investigations detailing Wagner recruitersoffering high salaries and compensation to
their families in case of their deaths.The unconventional recruitment drive appears to be an attempt by the Russian military to replace its
