Russia is leaning more on prison labor amid a dearth of available workers.
AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's worker shortage is so bad, the nation is increasingly leaning on prison labor to prop up its ailing industries and make up for a lack of manpower.
That exceeded estimates that Russia made the year prior, when budget makers anticipated bringing in just 15.8 billion roubles from forced prison labor.
"The Kremlin has sought to integrate prison labor with certain sectors of the domestic economy to solve this issue."
"The recent uptick in the use of forced prison labor in Russia is not merely the transient trend of a post-COVID, economically troubled, or war-hurt Russia.
Persons:
—, Sergey Sukhankin, Sukhankin, Vladimir Putin
Organizations:
Service, Moscow Times, Russia's Federal, Jamestown Foundation, Jamestown, Soviet
Locations:
Russia, Soviet, Ukraine