Russia is set to release thousands of convicts back into society after pardoning them for fighting in its barbaric Wagner mercenary group, Western officials have said.The MoD's latest intelligence update said 'violent offenders' with 'traumatic combat experience' who took up arms for Vladimir will now have their sentences commuted.Wagner group recruitment was particularly high in autumn of last year amid the partial mobilisation to refresh Russia's depleted troops. Those that joined will now be freed from their sentences after undertaking six months of service on the frontline.
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