Vladimir Putin (70) needs cannon fodder. The war against Ukraine claims many lives. Yevgeny Prigoschin (61), head of the mercenary group Wagner, wants to provide supplies. His recipe: prisoners. Whether from Russia or Africa – reports of Prigozhin recruiting prisoners as soldiers are on the rise.
Now the infamous mercenary boss goes further: He apparently specifically recruits raped prisoners, “Focus” reports. He wanted to form a new unity with it. Their code name: «cocks».
At the end of the food chain
Rape among male prisoners is not uncommon in Russia. The victims of these rapes are excluded. You are at the bottom of the prison hierarchy. They are called “offended” or “cocks”.
Due to their low status, they are not allowed to be integrated into the existing Wagner troops: “The prison regulations state that you are not allowed to shake hands with people of low social status, take objects from them or sleep with them in the same corridor or in a cage”. , wrote Prigozhin’s press service on Telegram. This means: “cocks” should only have to do with “cocks”.
Therefore, a separate unit is planned. This is what a Wagner prisoner reported in a recent Twitter post published video how the mobilization of the “Hahne” should take place. On the one hand, they must be recruited separately from “another rooster”. On the other hand, their range of duties is different: they are good “only for digging trenches and toilets”.
Was Prigozhin himself a “Rooster”?
It does not seem unlikely that the raped prisoners will join the troops of Wagner boss Prigozhin: conditions in Russian prisons are so bad that there are prisoners who prefer military service – especially those at the bottom of the hierarchy.
Amazing: The mighty mercenary would once have been at the bottom of that hierarchy. Recently, Russian mafia boss Sasha Kurara reported on Prigozhin’s past in a video. Prigozhin, who was imprisoned for the first time at the age of 18, is said to have been nothing more than “a slave in prison”. (treasure)