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☆ Russian soldiers were convicted of over 100 murders when they returned home last year, a report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewRussian military personnel were convicted of 116 murders in 2023, Mediazona, a local news website, reported. Advertisement"The high number of homicides by serving and veteran Russian soldiers are likely in part due to enduring war-related chronic poor mental health issues," it wrote. "It is a story about invisible violence," said Kirill Titaev, a Russian sociologist and criminology expert at Yale, told the Times. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the risk of pardoned convicts re-offending upon their release "inevitable," per the Times.

Persons: —, Olga Romanova, Storm Z, Wagner, ROMAN ROMOKHOV, Kirov, Viktor Savvinov, Kirill Titaev, Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: Service, UK Ministry of Defence, Judicial Department, Business, The New York Times, Wagner Group, Storm, Getty, New York Times, Yale, Times Locations: Mediazona, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Rostov, AFP

☆ Russia is promising prisoners a $31,000 payout if they get injured, soldier says. It's likelier than they realize.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia is paying convicts as much as $2,000 a month if they fight in Ukraine, with a promise $31,000 if they are injured, a soldier said. The remarks were made by a Russian "Storm Z" soldier — the unofficial designation for units often made of formerly incarcerated fighters. But, it said, in reality they are staffed by Russia's worst soldiers — convicts and regular soldiers marked for punishment. The BBC also reported that the units are formed mostly of convict soldiers, or soldiers re-assigned there as a punishment.

Persons: —, dory, Vsevolod Vukolov, Olga Romanova Organizations: Wagner, Service, Sever, UK's Ministry of Defence, BBC, Storm, Team, Reuters, Wagner Group, Washington Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian

☆ Wagner Group leader and ex-convict Prigozhin has lost the respect of Russian prisoners who now think he's a 'traitor,' activist says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian prisoners have now turned on the Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, an activist said. Prigozhin, an ex-convict, was once popular among prisoners and recruited thousands to fight in Ukraine. SOme prisoners rioted in support of his short-lived mutiny and were disappointed he called it off. Olga Romanova, the head of the Russia Behind Bars prisoners' rights group, said that prisoners feel "depressed" and "apathetic" and view Yevgeny Prigozhin as a traitor. The Wagner Group recruited thousands of prisoners to fight in Ukraine in exchange for freedom after completing their service.

Persons: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Olga Romanova, Romanova, Wagner, mutinying Wagner Organizations: Wagner Group, Service, Russian, Reuters, Russian Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Defense Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Rostov, Leningrad

Wagner fighters took control of the southern port and logistical hub for Russia's war in Ukraine on Saturday morning. Facial recognition software linked him to an account on VKontakte, Russia’s Facebook equivalent, created in the name of Dmitry Chekov. Russian media reported last September that Prigozhin had visited prisones in Rostov region, recruiting more than 1,000 convicts for Wagner. The man was identified by facial recognition software as 33-year-old Sergei Shirshov, a native of the Volga River city of Saratov. A third Wagner fighter pictured in Rostov was identified by facial recognition software as Roman Yamalutdinov, a native of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia.

Persons: Wagner, Prigozhin Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin's, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Sergei Shoigu, Prigozhin, Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Dmitry Chekov, Chekov's, Sergei Shirshov, Shirshov, Yamalutdinov, Olga Romanova, Felix Light, Filipp Lebedev, Guy Faulconbridge, Mike Collett, White, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Wagner Group, Don, Reuters, Belarusian, Facebook, TASS, Local, Penal, Thomson Locations: TBILISI, Russian, Rostov, Ukraine, Moscow, Bakhmut, Belarus, Volga, Saratov, Saratov region's, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Tbilisi

☆ Russia is recruiting female convicts to serve in Ukraine amid growing battlefield losses, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reports have emerged of Russian efforts to recruit female convicts to fight in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said a carriage full of female prisoners was seen heading towards Donetsk. The report suggested that Russia was seeking to find new sources of fighters against a backdrop of heavy losses. The region borders occupied Ukraine by way of the Kerch bridge that connects Russia to Crimea. Prigozhin later announced that he was ending this policy, amid reports that inmates were put off by the mounting death toll.

☆ Analysis: Kremlin moves to rein in Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

"The position of the (Kremlin) political bloc is not to let him into politics. Prigozhin told a Russian interviewer on Friday that he had "zero" political ambitions. Markov, who described Prigozhin as extremely confrontational, said he believed Putin had told Prigozhin to halt public criticism of the top brass at a St Petersburg meeting around Jan. 14. It advised recipients to stop mentioning Prigozhin or Wagner and suggested generic phrases to describe his forces instead. After years of denials, Prigozhin stepped out of the shadows in September to admit he had founded Wagner in 2014.

☆ A Russian graveyard reveals Wagner’s prisoner army
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +18 min

The resting places were adorned with simple wooden crosses and brightly coloured wreaths that bore the insignia of Russia’s Wagner Group - a feared and secretive private army. The news agency matched the names of at least 39 of the dead here and at three other nearby cemeteries to Russian court records, publicly available databases and social media accounts. He said gravediggers told him the bodies had come from the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, close to Russia’s border with Donetsk region. According to Russian court documents, Kochas and another man burst into the apartment of an acquaintance while drunk in an attempted robbery. But he refused, so he’s a fool.”A Russian graveyard reveals Wagner’s prisoner army By Felix Light and Filipp Lebedev in Tbilisi and Reade Levinson in London Photo editing: Simon Newman Graphics: Fielding Cage Art direction: Eve Watling Edited by Janet McBride

☆ Russian prison activist paints picture of life facing Griner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Filipp Lebedev | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Russia's prison service has not responded to questions from Reuters about living and working conditions in such institutions. This is where in the morning they have the daily inspection, rollcall and physical exercise, whatever the weather. They always wear uniform. Breakfast is definitely going to be porridge - not with milk, and it’s porridge made from barley, that’s the most “popular”. The Gulag, created in 1933, and the current prison system (in Russia) are identical except for the name.

☆ Pretendenții la funcția de deputat. Partidul „Șor”: candidați vizați în dosarul miliardului furat și „campioni” la traseism politic
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Daniela Calmis | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +33 min

Foto: anticorupție.mdIlan Șor, fost primar de Orhei și actual deputat este cap de listă al Partidului Șor. Tauber a fost reținută, dar un an mai târziu, a fost scoasă de sub urmărire penală, pe motiv că faptele nu ar întruni elementele infracțiunilor imputate. În conturile bancare, candidatul deține 167 de mii de lei și o cotă de participare în cadrul firmei „Altotal-Cons” SRL. Înainte de a intra în politică, a fost muzician, fapt pentru care a fost decorat, în 2009, de președintele Vladimir Voronin cu titlul de „Artist Emerit”. El a fost a fost eliberat însă din izolator după trei zile.

Persons: ZdG, Ilan Șor, Miron, Ilan Şor, Vlad Filat, Veaceslav Platon, Șor, Şor, Plahotniuc, Ulterior, Ilan, Ilona Şor, vitregă, Kroll, Marina, Ilona Șor, Balinschi, Instanța, Denis Ulanov, Ulanov, Petru Jardan, Jardan, Ilan Șor . Ea, Apostolova, Vadim Fotescu, Vadim, Fotescu, Vladimir Vitiuc, Vitiuc, Tănase, Violeta Ivanov, Voronin ., Ivanov, Deputata, Olga Romanova, Serghei Sîrbu, Sîrbu, Vasile Bolea, Igor Himici, Vladimir Voronin, Ruxanda, Glavan, Vladimir Odnostalco, Grigore Repeșciuc, Repeșciuc, Eleonora Graur, Graur, Rezina ., . Graur, Eleonorei Graur, Corneliu Padnevici, Padnevici, Vladimir Plahotniuc ., Elena Bacalu, Vasile Bacalu, Bacalu, Brașovschi, Dumitru Diacov, Svetlana Ulanova, Ea, inculpatului, Valerii, Klimenko, Andrei Ivanțoc Organizations: Partidului Politic, Partidului, Chișinău, Ilan, Sociale, CEC, Marina Tauber, Tauber, Tenis, Candidata, Volkswagen, BMW, Panama Papers, Internațional Chișinău, PCRM, Volkswagen Passat, Invest, Partidul, Mercedes GLK, PDM, Pro Moldova, Moldova, Mercedes GLE, Protecției Sociale, Familiei, Toyota, Apel, Mercedes, Volvo, Partidul Socialiștilor, Partidul Democrat, Social -, CA, Hyundai Locations: Orhei, Moldova, CA Cahul, Anticorupție, Israel, CEC, Tauber, Jora de, Chișinău, Parlament, Bălţi, Vitiuc, mun, comunist, MMPSF, Căuşeni, Căușeni, Apel Chișinău, Rezina, Codru, Drochia, Dondușeni, Cahul, Sângerei, Procuraturii, Rusiei, Judecătoria Orhei, CA Chișinău, Tiraspol

☆ Partidul ”ȘOR” a făcut publică lista candidaților pentru alegerile parlamentare anticipate
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Partidul ”ȘOR” a făcut publică lista candidaților pentru alegerile parlamentare anticipate din 11 iulie. Ilan Șor2. Vladimir Vitiuc9. Violeta Ivanov10. Olga RomanovaAmintim că, în urma tragerii la sorți, Partidul ”Șor” s-a poziționat pe locul patru în buletinul de vot.

Persons: Ilan, Vitalie, Denis, Petru, Reghina, Vadim Fotescu, Vladimir, Violeta Ivanov, Olga Romanova Organizations: Marina Tauber, Partidul

☆ DOC: Au fost anunțați candidații Partidului Șor la funcția de deputat; Cine sunt în capul listei
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: agora.mdDOC: Au fost anunțați candidații Partidului Șor la funcția de deputat; Cine sunt în capul listeiPartidul „ȘOR” a publicat lista candidaților pentru alegerile parlamentare din 11 iulie. Cap de listă este liderul formațiunii, Ilan Șor, urmat de actuali deputați din Partidul „ȘOR”, dar și din Platforma „Pentru Moldova”. Precizăm că, în urma tragerii la sorți, partidul Șor va fi pe locul 4 în buletinele de vot. La depunerea actelor la Comisia Electorală Centrală, Marina Tauber a declarat că formațiunea din care face parte e foarte încrezătoare că va câștiga alegerile și că va avea majoritate în Parlament. Ilan Șor2.

Persons: Ilan Șor, Ilan, Vitalie, Denis, Petru, Reghina, Vladim, Vladimir, Violeta Ivanov, Olga, Serghei Sârbu, Igor, Ruxanda, Grigore, Eleonora Graur, Corneliu, Elena, Svetlana Organizations: Comisia Electorală Centrală, Marina Tauber Locations: Moldova

Partidul Politic „Șor” a depus astăzi la Comisia Electorală Centrală actele pentru înregistrarea în cursa electorală la alegerile parlamentare anticipate. În urma tragerii la sorți, formațiunea condusă de Ilan Șor s-a poziționat pe locul patru în buletinul de vot. În timp ce alții doar promit, Partidul „Șor” lucrează pentru oameni. În urma tragerii la sorți, formațiunea condusă de Ilan Șor s-a poziționat pe locul patru în buletinul de vot. Atât timp ce alții promit, Partidul „Șor” face.

Persons: Ilan, Denis Ulanov, Vadim Fotescu, Vladimir Vitiuc, Violeta Ivanov, Olga Romanova, Ilan Șor, Marina Tauber, Marina, Ea Organizations: Tauber, Partidul, Electorală Centrală, Marina Tauber, Partidului, Facebook Locations: Republicii Moldova, Republica Moldova

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