Well, this is scary. Olga Romanova, a leading expert in Russia’s prison system, says the Kremlin latest recruitment tactic in the war on Ukraine is something out of her “worst nightmares.” Yevgeny Prigozhin—the head of Vladimir Putin’s shadowy private army, Wagner Group—has been taking trips to Russian prison camps in order to enlist convicted criminals to fight in Ukraine. And apparently, he’s picking Russia’s “worst criminals.” “Putin’s plan is to recruit at least 50,000 convicts and Prigozhin, who is an ex-convict himself, has already sent more than 3,000” inmates to Ukraine, including “serial murderers, robbers and at least one cannibal,” Romanova told The Daily Beast. Russia Behind Bars provides legal and charitable aid to Russia’s half a million prison population and Romanova told The Daily Beast that they started hearing reports about prison recruits being deployed to Ukraine as early as June. Reposted from @thedailybeast Click the link in their bio to read more. — Photo Illustration: The Daily Beast/Getty #Russia #Ukraine #WaronUkraine #war #Putin #VladimirPutin https://www.instagram.com/p/Civk46BPFgK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=