TRUE OR FALSE Does the Wagner Military Society recruit from

TRUE OR FALSE: Does the Wagner Military Society recruit from prisons?

Posted on 09/22/2022 10:24 PM Updated on 09/22/2022 11:01 PM

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To deal with the many losses in Ukraine, Russia would fall back on its prisoners. In return for their commitment to the Wagner Society, they would receive a decree.

Russian prisoners have a choice: either serve their sentences or join the private military company Wagner to fight in Ukraine. The ideal profiles are professional killers. In exchange for six months in the Assault Infantry, the recruiter promises total amnesty. They are forbidden to give away, loot or sell alcohol.

“It used to be known that Wagner didn’t recruit in prison, they also had a policy of asking for criminal records. But there we think that given the number of dead and casualties suffered by the Russian armies in Ukraine, we actually have to.” Extend the subscription as much as possible,” admits Alexandra Jousset, co-director of “Wagner, the The recruiter is Yevgueni Prigojine, a Russian oligarch nicknamed Putin’s cook. He has already been suspected of being a Wagner recruiter. According to an independent Russian newspaper, Wagner’s recruiters have already visited 17 prisons in Russia.

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