Russian oppositionist Mark Feigin explained that Prigozhin stopped recruiting "convicts" for the war against Ukraine, because this initiative was intercepted by Shoigu's department. 

He said this in an interview with TSN.ua. 

Prigozhin confirmed several times that the "Wagner" PMC no longer recruits convicts in prisons for the war against Ukraine. This happened because the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation intercepted the initiative. After all, people with existing criminal records can now be accepted for service in the occupation army. Also they are "stifling" Prigozhin so that he no longer has resources. They said, gather volunteers, but how many are left? All the volunteers are already in "bags". I have sources in Russia, they write to me by mail," the oppositionist explained. 

Mark Fagin emphasized that the Russians support the war against Ukraine, but they do not want to go to war themselves. 

"My relatives tell me that Russians support the war, but they don't want to go to war. This is an important psychological component. Russians always want others to do everything for them. And who is it? It's you, you fool. Even if in There are still volunteers left in the Russian Federation, so there are very few of them. And that's why I don't know where Prigozhin will recruit people from. So he has to pay a lot, but where will he get the money? Should he give his money?", the oppositionist explained. 

PVK "Wagner" Prigozhin and the war against Ukraine 

Putin's "chef" Prigozhin with his private military company "Wagner" takes an active part in the war against Ukraine.

The terrorist, with the assistance of Putin's government, has been recruiting Russian "prisoners" for the war for a long time.

For this he promised them freedom. 

Criminals stormed Ukrainian cities in Donbas for several months, suffering huge losses, as evidenced by mass burials in Russia.

Due to Putin's favor, Prigozhin, in cooperation with the "Syrian butcher" Surovikin, allegedly even organized a conspiracy against Shoigu.

However, due to a series of defeats, Putin removed Surovikin from his position and appointed Gerasimov to lead the war against Ukraine. 

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