Russia’s prison population has plummeted by nearly 40% over the last five years, hitting historic lows in a massive decline driven heavily by the Kremlin’s aggressive recruitment of convicts to fight ...

It's a public secret that Russia is using criminals in Ukraine, but the new numbers are staggering.

The number of prisoners in Russia has dropped by more than 180,000 over five years, in part driven by Moscow sending convicts to fight in its war in Ukraine, Russia's prison chief said on Thursday. In ...

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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions ...

A better cell, a hospital stay or early release -- everything can be bought in Russian jails, as corruption revelations have shown. Yelena Fedoseyeva, a former inmate at Prison Camp No. 7 near the ...

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 last 20 years. View on ...