INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Some 32,000 former prisoners recruited by the Wagner mercenary group have returned to Russia after fighting in Ukraine, the private military
April, Romanova told The Moscow Times she believes some 30,000 prisoners recruited by Wagner were killed in combat, suggesting that
Prizoghin's figure of 32,000 returning former convicts is exaggerated.Wagner announced an end to its prisoner recruitment campaign in
whose capture the private army chief announced in May.After years of denying any links with the mercenary group, which is accused of
brutality and destabilization in conflict zones around the world, Prigozhin confirmed last year that he had founded Wagner.Private military
companies like Wagner are illegal under Russian law.
