Russia's prison population has fallen by nearly 40% over five years, a decline driven in part by Moscow's recruitment of prisoners to fight in Ukraine.

Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the…

El Servicio Federal Penitenciario ruso informó que la cantidad de presos cayó a 282.000 por el envío de reclusos al frente de combate en Ucrania.