"Putin can not be shown": in the Russian Federation told where 40 thousand ZEKs from "Wagner group" were told
Olga Romanova noted that many prisoners were deserted after getting into the Wagner Group. This is indicated by a lot of searched photos. The head of the Rus Sydach Foundation also mentioned the case when in the Rostov region one of the fled Wagnets began to shoot and injured a police officer. Another proof of desertion in the ranks of the Wagner group is the interview with former prisoners that were captured.
According to the Fund, at the end of December 2022, Yevgeny Prigogin recruited 42-43 thousand prisoners. According to the head of the organization, today their number can reach 50 thousand. "Of these, 10,000 are at war because others are killed, or 300, or disappeared or deserted or captured," Romanova said. According to Olga Romanova, Yevgeny Prigogine is not needed.
"Okay are killed, well wounded, but those who surrendered and deserters with weapons in Russia in Russia, Putin, can not be shown," Olga Romanova said. Romanova also reported her confidence that there were many "Wagnerians" who have been captured or fled were considered to be the dead.
Recall that according to the Institute of War Study of January 20, representatives of the Wagner Group intimidate members of their fighters' families, preventing them from checking the coffins of those who died in the war of loved ones. Focus also wrote that on January 21, the Russian media reported how the mother of Zek, who instead of serving his sentence, went to war in Ukraine as part of the Wagner PEC and died there, refused a funeral with honors.