Two former Wagner mercenaries recruited from penal colonies who recently returned from the war in Ukraine were detained in Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan on a charge of kidnapping a businessman for ransom, local media reports said on November 20. The two men, identified as Bashir A. and Magomed P., are accused of abducting businessman Abdulbasir B. and releasing him after receiving 31.5 million rubles ($349,300) as a ransom. The number of crimes committed by former Wagner recruits has been on the rise after contracts for the former prisoners started expiring and they began returning home from Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
