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“Loaded them up like convicts”. The wife of a man seized in a massive Penza enlistment raid on how he was sent to war against his will Criminal kingpin Artur Denisultanov killed in the war in Ukraine. He had been accused of an assassination, kidnapping and murder attempts “We wasted 15 meters of duct tape on you”. 61‑year‑old Gennady Kapralov, captured in the occupied Melitopol, testifies about torture “I’d rather be in prison”. Some Russian soldiers are begging to be jailed rather than fight in Ukraine, but the system won’t let them “Tortured for my own money”. Sergei Dudchenko’s fiery closing statement in recruitment office arson case