For $ 2,000 a month: a new wave of recruiting women-prisoners began in the Russian Federation-NYT

The Russian authorities have renewed attempts to increase the number of servicemen in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, journalists said. To this end, they allowed to release women-prisoners from the colonies and pay them $ 2,000. month. In May 2024, women held in Russian colonies received new conditions for recruiting to the ranks of the Armed Forces. Previously, they did not cease to have the status of prisoners, though they were in the army.

However, a new project has now begun, encouraging to make contact and go to war in Ukraine. The New York Times was told about the details of the Russian army replenishment by the women of the prisoners. Journalists spoke with anonymous interlocutors involved in recruiting women. They said that for this category, citizens in the Russian Federation updated the conditions of mobilization. From now on, those who agree to fight in Ukraine began to receive pardon.

Such changes in the status were previously applied to men who agreed to join the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, explained NYT sources. They also suggested that innovations can mean either an additional wave of recruitment or isolated cases - there is no confidence. "It is unclear whether their release is a single case, a pilot program or the beginning of a larger wave of recruiting prisoners," - said on the portal.

The article reminded that the first recruiters appeared in Russian women's colonies in the fall of 2023. There are no accurate data about how many Russians have agreed. It is only known that, for example, 40 people out of 400 (10%) agreed from the colony under St. Petersburg. Meanwhile, as a whole in the Russian Federation, about 30 thousand women-prisoners, journalists indicated. On the NYT portal, other details of the Russian service service were told, which are taken from colonies to the army.

In particular, they are promised wages of $ 2,000. On a month, they sign a contract for 1 year, can occupy military positions of snipers, military and radios. It should be noted that in 2023 the wave of recruitment of Russians from the colonies was told on the portal "Radio Liberty". As the sources of investigators explained, women were taken away "without parsing" and did not explain what positions they would occupy. Assumed they could work in the kitchen.

They were not considered as sanitizers, as the units of the Wagner PEC, where they found themselves, were achieved, and not rescued. In the spring of 2024, Focus wrote about the investigation of Russian journalists to recruit women-prisoners. They explained that there could be many people, since the conditions in the colonies of the Russian Federation are too bad and the only salvation for them is to end up in the war in Ukraine.