INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
in Ukraine, expanding the pool of potential recruits for Russia's two-and-a-half-year war.Under the new amendments, defendants who sign
altogether.These soldiers' criminal records can be expunged if they are presented with state awards for their conduct on the battlefield.The
list of pardonable crimes does not include serious felonies like treason, espionage, terrorism and sex crimes.In March, Russia passed
change is being made due to the fact that current legislation does not allow military contracts to be concluded with defendants if their
outlet IStories cited an anonymous source in the Defense Ministry as saying that Russia plans to recruit approximately 40% of the country's
60,000 criminal defendants for the war.The practice of recruiting prisoners for the war in Ukraine was initially spearheaded by the Wagner
mercenary group in 2022 before the Defense Ministry took over prison recruitment early last year.These prisoners are reported to have
suffered some of the most severe losses among Russian forces in Ukraine.
