Shoigu's new guards: murderer, rapist, repeat offender Even those criminals who were refused to be accepted into Wagner began to be recruited into elite military units. The Russian army is becoming increasingly criminalized. After representatives of the Ministry of Defense received the right to recruit prisoners for war in colonies instead of the Wagner PMC, 15 thousand prisoners have already entered the troops , human rights activist Olga Romanova told Vestka.

In the first year of the war, 11,860 Russians immigrated from Russia to neighboring European countries. This is almost twice the average for the last 10 years In 2022, the number of Russians emigrating to the Schengen zone* states bordering Russia increased by 1.93 times compared to the average for the previous 10 years. “Vestka” came to this conclusion after calculating data from statistical services of different countries.

Recently, a face identification system was launched in Kyrgyzstan It allows security forces to identify and deport to their homeland Russians who oppose the war in Ukraine The Insider spoke with Kyrgyz political scientists and human rights activists about why the authorities of their country joined the Russian machine of repression , although the President of Kyrgyzstan Japarov assures that the country adheres to neutrality in the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.