Sky News reveals what is known about the Wagner Group's prisoner recruitment scheme and explores the stories of some of the violent offenders - murderers and wife-beaters - whose service has afforded them military hero status.
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Using social media and court documents, Sky News reveals what is known about Wagner's prisoner recruitment scheme and explores the stories of the violent offenders whose service has afforded them military hero status."I'm just thankful they gave me this chance," one man says. Journalists from the Russian independent media outlet Verstka identified the man as Kirill Neglin from the town of Segheza in Russia's far north.This picture is taken from Neglin's VK page. It was posted some years before he was imprisoned
When the attack was over, she called for help from her mother and eventually went to his mother-in-law's rural home, known in Russia as a dacha.But Neglin followed her, and when she asked him if she would be safe returning home, he threatened her life. Neglin is just one of the former prisoners reported to have returned to Russia following a contract with Wagner.
One video published by RIA FAN in October 2022, however, shows us a glimpse of the documentation it said was given to prisoners who had served with Wagner. The list of presidential decrees on the Kremlin's website seems to confirm Mr Peskov's comments: there are no publicly disclosed decrees regarding the pardon of prisoners around this time.
In his interview, Bogdanov describes how he intends to rejoin the mercenary group despite his injury. "Half of the village says: 'Are we going to make heroes out of killers now?' and half say that he atoned for his sins with his blood. We understand that this person just needs to be seen off," the head of the village's settlement, Alena Kogodeeva, told local reporters.
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