In Russia, data on the transfer of prisoners to war in Ukraine - human rights activists

Mobilized prisoners on papers are transferred to other prisons. According to the project "gulagu. net", convicted for murder was stage in Crimea and already transferred to the Zaporozhye region. The prisoners who were sent to the war in Ukraine are transferred to other places of imprisonment. This was reported in Telegram by the head of the human rights group "Agora" Pavel Chikov.

The lawyer published the order of the head of the internal service of the correctional colony №5 in the Penza region of Russia on the name of Trenkin. The document of October 20 this year states that prisoners cannot participate in courts in their own cases. "These prisoners have dismissed another correctional institution," the chief said.

The location of this category of persons has become a state secret, access to information is limited by the law of Russia "On State Security", said at the disposal. The human rights project "Gulagu. net" presented photos and videos of Russian convicts in Ukraine and a contract under the "secret" stamp, which Russian security forces make thousands of ZEKs sign.

"We received photos and videos of convicts for the murders they have already done in the territory of Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine," the authors stressed. After the arrival on October 4, the head of the Wagner PEC Yevgeny Prigogine to the VK-4 in the Stavropol region, 147 convicted were launched for the war. And on October 10, 119 convicted for the Storm Special Administration were taken away from this colony. The Zecs were transferred to the Crimea and then transferred to the Zaporozhye region.

"In these videos, the convicts live in the homes of Ukrainians, use them as drivers, take away cars, cattle, which they kill and make barbecues," human rights activists commented. In Ukraine, according to the project, the convicted person for robbery and murder of Lieutenant Colonel Larisa Beslanieva, former security force Murat Budaev, got. In 2021 he was sentenced to 19 years in prison, and in October this year he was made by the unit commander.