'Don't drink a lot, don't use drugs, don't rape women, do not get up to no good,' a Putin ally told Russian ex-prisoners who were released after fighting in Ukraine.
Putin ally urges Russian ex-prisoners released after fighting in Ukraine to stay sober,"don't rape women"Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner group and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is seen in a video aired on January 12, 2023 by Russian state media addressing a group of men identified as the first set of former prisoners released in exchange for serving in Russia's war in Ukraine.
"You've worked through your contract. You worked honourably, with dignity," Prigozhin said in the video published by Russia's Ria Novosti news agency. Prigozhin said the men"should be treated with deepest respect by society" after completing the six-month contracts they were offered to obtain freedom.
"Don't drink a lot, don't use drugs, don't rape women, do not get up to no good," Prigozhin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, could be heard telling them.
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