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The original was posted on /r/worldnews by /u/CrimsonLancet on 2023-10-26 09:36:52.

Original Title: Russia prison population plummets as convicts are sent to war – Russia has freed up to 100,000 prison inmates and sent them to fight in Ukraine, according to government statistics and rights advocates, a far greater number than was previously known