Due to significant losses in the war against Ukraine, the russian federation has intensified recruitment for private military companies. Through the lack of people willing to fight, Russia is recruiting recruits in places of deprivation of liberty, in particularly, located in the Republic of Adygea. After signing and fulfilling the contracts with the private military company, the "prisoners" are promised full amnesty.

The gathering of recruits takes place at a military training ground near the Molkino village of the Krasnodar Territory. It is known as the training base for the fighters of "Wagner" private military campaign.

Convicts for the war in Ukraine are also being recruited in the prisons of Rostov, St. Petersburg, and Nyzhnii Novhorod. The article under which a particular person was convicted is not taken into account. All recruits are promised full amnesty after 6 months of "service", even if the person has committed murder or other serious crimes.

At the same time, all convicts must wear special tokens indicating their status. They are forbidden to have touch phones — only outdated push-button devices.

Interviews with prisoners are conducted by servicemen of the main directorate of the general staff of the armed forces of the russian federation. Recruits are told that they plan to recruit up to 10,000 volunteers within two months. After that, the composition of the private military campaign will be redeployed to Donbas. Among the main tasks is to establish control over the roads in the direction of Izyum — Slovyansk — Bakhmut.

In addition, the russia’s FSB in Kostroma region sent a request to the head of the Vokhom municipal district to provide background information on persons prone to committing crimes under Art. 207.3, Art. 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the russian federation (public dissemination of false information and actions to discredit the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and their participation in aggression against Ukraine). When collecting such information, special attention is paid to close relatives of servicemen who died in the territory of Ukraine or participated in the war.