An uprising carried out by Russian paramilitary group Wagner has stirred unrest at prisons in the country, raising the specter of a breakdown in Russia’s prison system, which Wagner has harvested for recruits
An uprising carried out by Russian paramilitary group Wagner has stirred unrest at prisons in the country, according to inmates and media reports, raising the specter of a breakdown in Russia’s prison system, which Wagner has harvested for recruits.
Russian independent media outlet SOTA reported Saturday via the Telegram communications application that a riot had broken out at Moscow’s Vodnik prison. SOTA posted what it said was an audio recording of events there. Alexei Melnikov, the executive secretary of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, said on Telegram that he visited Vodnik prison Saturday and found no evidence of unrest.
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