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Miriam Burrell

Russian inmates ‘told they’ll be freed if they survive six-months on Ukraine frontline’

Yevgeniy Prigozhin is a Russian oligarch and close confidant of President Vladimir Putin

(Picture: Leaked video shared on Twitter)

The founder of Russia’s pro-Kremlin Wagner mercenary group has attempted to recruit prisoners to fight Putin’s war in Ukraine, in leaked video footage.

Yevgeniy Prigozhin can be seen addressing a large group of detainees in footage shared on Twitter.

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