To avoid calling another controversial mobilization and risk angering the public ahead of presidential elections next year, Russia's military has relied increasingly on prison recruitment to bolster its ranks.
Vladislav Kanyus, sentenced to 17 years in prison for the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend, was pardoned after fighting in Ukraine. A slew of such cases has Russian social media in an uproar.
Sources have identified Konstantin Mirzayants as the leader of Russia’s Redut mercenary group, which is likely to absorb part of Wagner’s African operations.
A man convicted in the 2006 killing of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya received a presidential pardon after he did a stint fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer said. Sergei Khadzhikurbanov was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2014 for his role as an accomplice in the killling of Politkovskaya, 48. She worked for the […]
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