Reposted by Ihar Filipau
If Putin can swap political prisoners (in effect, people he doesn’t want or care about) for monetary benefits, he will a) use this money to step up financing for his war and b) he will be incentivized to arrest more and more people to trade for more and more money.
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Converting political prisoners into contributions to Putin’s war chest
There is a plan under development to exchange political prisoners held in Russia for relief from eco ...