Prigozhin announced the removal of convictions from the first batch of volunteers PMC “Wagner”

The first group of former prisoners who participated in the military operation as volunteers of the Wagner PMC completed a six-month contract, all criminal records were cleared from them, said “RIA News” PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin.

“We worked out our contract with honor and dignity first. They worked out in a way that few people work, ”said Yevgeny Prigozhin in a video published by the agency.

When asked by the entrepreneur about what ex-prisoners will do when they are free, some said they want to “go back and finish what they started.” “This is no longer work, this is life,” said one of them.

“Society should treat them with the deepest respect, and they should not break the law. But if you saw a person who came after the war, and before that he was in a camp and signed up as a volunteer … you need to understand that they are absolutely full-fledged members of society, ”said the founder of Wagner PMC.

“Don’t drink too much, don’t use drugs, don’t rape women, don’t smoke. The police should treat you with respect,” Yevgeny Prigozhin addressed the former prisoners.

The media reported in the fall that PMCs were recruiting prisoners from Russian colonies to take part in the military operation in Ukraine, moreover, by recruiting was engaged personally the creator of PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin. On December 24, on the Alley of Heroes in St. Petersburg, he was honored buried recruited in the colony fighter PMC “Wagner” Dmitry Menshikov. December 31 local media reportedthat six armed prisoners from the Wagner PMC escaped from the training center and are hiding in the Rostov region.

Erdni Kagaltynov