Russia's prison population falls by 40%, partly by sending convicts to fight in Ukraine

Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the last 20 years.

Russia's prison population falls by 40%, partly by sending convicts to fight in Ukraine


Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the last 20 years.