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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

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CNN has spoken to inmates caught up in Russia's newest recruitment scheme. Activists believe hundreds have been approached in dozens of prisons across Russia. Some have even been taken from the prison where one high-profile American jailed in Russia, Paul Whelan, is held. Dozens of chat messages between relatives detail the tempting rewards offered to fight.

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Promises of freedom and riches are made to convicts in cramped jail cells. Frantic phone calls ensue between relatives and inmates weighing the offer. Then prisoners vanish, leaving their loved ones to sift through reports of the wounded arriving in hospitals.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

By Nick Paton Walsh, Daria Markina, Sebastian Shukla, Oleksandra Ochman and Darya Tarasova, CNNPromises of freedom and riches are made to convicts in cramped jail cells. Frantic phone calls ensue between relatives and inmates weighing the offer. Then prisoners vanish, leaving their loved ones to sift through reports of the wounded arriving in hospitals.This scene is playing out in the convict communities across Russia. With a regular army stretc…

2 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble - Egypt Independent

2 years ago·Cairo, Egypt

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

(CNN) -- Promises of freedom and riches are made to convicts in cramped jail cells. Frantic phone calls ensue between relatives and inmates weighing the offer. Then prisoners vanish, leaving their loved on

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble. – KION546

By Nick Paton Walsh, Daria Markina, Sebastian Shukla, Oleksandra Ochman and Darya Tarasova, CNN Promises of freedom and riches are made to convicts in cramped jail cells. Frantic phone calls ensue between relatives and inmates weighing the offer. Then prisoners vanish, leaving their loved ones to sift through reports of the wounded arriving in hospitals.

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Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble - Egypt Independent

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble - Egypt Independent

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble.

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble. – KION546

Russia dangles freedom to prisoners if they fight in Ukraine. Many are taking the deadly gamble. – KION546

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