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Russia's prison population falls by 40%, partly by sending convicts to fight in Ukraine

Euronews · May 14, 2026, 1:15 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the last 20 years.

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