INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
records can be expunged if they receive state awards or retire from the military due to age, injuries, or the end of mobilization.The bills
now face a single vote in the upper-house Federation Council, after which President Vladimir Putin is expected to sign them into law.The
release.Before these laws formalized prisoner recruitment, the Wagner mercenary group had begun enlisting prisoners in mid-2022, offering
pardons and the expungement of criminal records in exchange for military service.
