Yevgeny Prigojin, the founder of the Russian security company Wagner, reported that more than 5,000 prisoners whose contracts expired after fighting in Ukraine were pardoned.
Prigojin, also known as the “Kremlin’s cook”, made a statement about the prisoners fighting by joining Wagner from Russian prisons on the social media account of his company “Konkord”.
Stating that the prisoners whose contract has expired were released, Prigojin said, “More than 5 thousand people whose contracts with the Private Security Company Wagner have already expired have been pardoned and released.” used the phrase.
Prigojin also gave information about the crime rate of the released prisoners and argued that the rate of those who committed a crime for the second time in a month was 0.31 among those who were forgiven, and this rate was 10-20 times less than before the “special military operation”.
It was revealed that Wagner used prisoners in Russian prisons in the war in Ukraine in exchange for amnesty.
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitriy Peskov said, “I can confirm that the entire process of pardoning prisoners was carried out according to Russian law,” regarding the pardon process of prisoners who fought in Ukraine under Wagner in January. he said. (AA)