"Live conveyor": NYT found out why Russian Zecs are going to die for war in Ukraine

According to journalists, the prisoners willingly agree to go to the war for various reasons: patriotism, the desire to earn or get out of prison. Thousands of Russian prisoners agreed to go to the war in Ukraine as part of the Wagner PEC by signing a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry. About it writes The New York Times. According to journalists, even after the death of the head of the "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigogine, the Ministry of Defense of Russia continues to recruit prisoners.

They are most often used on the front as "cannon meat". It is reported that many of these prisoners come from very poor families or rural areas. Their recruitment helps the Kremlin to maintain the visibility of normal life in cities. The prisoners themselves willingly agree to go to the war for various reasons: patriotism, the desire to earn or get out of prison. Some drive the "thirst for actions" after many years of imprisonment.

"Introduction to military service allowed prisoners to provide income to families they have burdened for many years, as well as restore respect in society," the material reads. The publication writes that an extremely high level of indictment in Russia is 99. 6%, as well as long -term imprisonment and inhumane conditions in prisons create strong incentives to risk death to gain freedom.

The Russian activist for the rights of prisoners Jan Helmel stated that it is advantageous to recruit prisoners from prisons for war, since these people "do not exist in the eyes of society. " Eugene, one of the former prisoners who agreed to go to the war in Ukraine, said that contracts with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation are signed by people who have been very much. For example, drug dealers or convicted for murder.

Eugene himself, according to journalists, was injured and now cannot use his hand. The publication writes that none of the surveyed former prisoners questioned the Kremlin's decision to invade Ukraine. They also did not think about atrocities and destruction, for which the invaders are responsible. Earlier it was reported that in the Kupyansk direction of the Armed Forces the newly arrived Russians were eliminated.