Captured Ukrainians in the Russian Federation are kept in concentration camps

More than 10 military concentration camps were created on the territory of the Russian Federation, in which thousands of Ukrainians are held.

Captured Ukrainians in Russia are kept in concentration camps, where torture is systematic. This was stated by the Russian human rights defender of the Gulagu.net project on March 22. Volodymyr Osyechkin: “We have evidence that sadists from the FSB and the FSVP use cruel treatment and torture against them,” he said during the hearings of the PACE Legal Committee in Paris.

More than 10 military concentration camps containing thousands of Ukrainians have been created on the territory of Russia. According to Volodymyr Osechkin, in Russia there is a “torture conveyor” in the system of execution of punishments, and the FSB uses videos of rape and torture of prisoners in order to blackmail them and obtain the necessary testimonies.

The human rights defender handed over to the legal committee of PACE a hard drive, which, according to him, contains about 115,000 files that prove his words. “I hope you will help investigate and hold high-ranking FSB and FSVP officers accountable,” Volodymyr Osechkin said.

The rapporteur of the PACE Committee on Torture in Prisons, Cypriot MP from the Socialist Group, Kostiantinos Efstatius, noted that he included in his report facts about systematic torture in prisons, which were recorded by experts of the Council of Europe Committee on the Prevention of Torture in several member countries of the organization: ” I included Russia in the report. Although it is no longer a member of the Council of Europe, the decision to prepare this resolution was taken before it was excluded. He also noted that he had taken into account the calls of several PACE resolutions to continue to monitor developments in in the field of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Russia captured 90% of all Ukrainian prisoners at the beginning of the invasion. A significant number of heads of towns and villages, employees of the post office and various communal services are also in captivity.

On March 20, it became known that “Laughter League” member Roman Ivanenko died in captivity.

On March 13, a soldier of the Armed Forces released from captivity spoke about the abuse of the Russians. The 27-year-old soldier spent several months in the basement. He was not fed and the man was forced to drink antifreeze due to thirst.

Instead, Ukraine spends at least 10,000 hryvnias per month on one Russian prisoner.