PMC Wagner recruited at least 5786 prisoners of Russian colonies to participate in the war against Ukraine. Write about it "Important stories". This data is based on the testimony of publication sources in the colonies, as well as publications in credible media.
In total, recruitment was carried out in 37 Russian colonies. 5786 people – those who agreed to go to war, of which at least 2036 people were taken to the combat zone. At the same time, Olga Romanova, head of the human rights project Sitting Rus, believes that in fact there are twice as many recruits – 11,000 people, of which about 3,000 went to Ukraine.
Earlier, SOTA, citing one of the prisoners of IK-4 in Mari El , wrote that the Wagner PMC began a forced recruitment of prisoners. The very possibility of their removal from the colonies, according to the publication, is formalized as a transfer for the production of investigative actions through the Investigative Committee and the FSB.
