Russian Prisons Say Can Replace IKEA With ‘Better, Cheaper’ Inmate-Made Furniture

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
penal colonies from the Middle Urals region so far this year, the local Oblastnaya Gazeta newspaper wrote
represented 30 prisons from seven Russian regions, with 3.5 million rubles ($58,000) worth of goods sold and several contracts
Western countries that have pulled out of the Russian market following the country's invasion of Ukraine, leading to a major drop in imports
shortage.