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Now Putin’s Sending Prison Rape Victims to Die on the Front Line

INTO THE MEAT GRINDER

The desperate trawl for Ukraine war recruits in Russian prisons began with murderers and robbers. Now they are sending abused and raped prisoners to their deaths.

Anna Nemtsova

Published Oct. 25 2022 8:01PM EDT

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Anna Nemtsova

Anna Nemtsova

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