"In the Sverdlovsk oblast, employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service, together with representatives of military commissariats, began personally visiting citizens with criminal records to persuade them to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense", - writes Novaya Gazeta. Europe.
Convicts were told about "social guarantees, stability, and opportunities for self-realization", and were also given brochures describing the benefits.
In addition to door-to-door visits, the Federal Penitentiary Service held propaganda meetings where it promised that contract service would allow them to "clear their criminal record" and improve their social status.
Similar events took place in early October in the Irkutsk oblast.