Russia’s Wagner Group halts prisoner recruitment campaign, founder says

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Russia’s Wagner Group halts prisoner recruitment campaign, founder says
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Wagner began recruiting prisoners in Russia’s sprawling penal system in summer 2022

, with Prigozhin, a catering entrepreneur who served nine years in prison during the Soviet Union, offering convicts a pardon if they survived six months in Ukraine.

The Wagner Group has in recent months played an increasingly prominent role in Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the mercenary force spearheading a months-long assault on the Donetsk region town of Bakhmut.

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