'Don't Believe Prigozhin, He's Lying': Captive Russian Convict Not Holding Back Emotions

• 25.10.2022, 12:48

The occupant described on video how he was "double-crossed" by the PMC's ringleader.

The number of prisoners enlisted for war in the Russian Federation has reached 20 thousand. A week ago, the number of enlisted prisoners was estimated at about 15 thousand people. Such a sharp spike is caused by the recruitment of prisoners in the colonies outside the Urals by the PWC Wagner.

The overseas visitors are fighting on Ukrainian territory. The PMC Wagner began to recruit prisoners not only from the European territory of Russia. Prigozhin has gone beyond the Urals for new "cannon fodder". This is reported in the Russian opposition media, citing the head of the Imprisoned Russia fund, Olga Romanova.

In addition, as the expert notes, since late September, they have also begun to recruit CIS citizens serving prison sentences in Russian colonies, including prisoners from Belarus and Tajikistan. According to Romanova's data, 1,500 people were taken to the war from the first three zones in the Perm region visited by the recruiters.

Meanwhile, the prisoners themselves, captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ask to tell the "fellow sufferers" not to believe in promises of Wagner's head Evgeny Prigozhin. They say he lies and does not pay any money.