If I were a US based oligarch, I'd just buy up all the prosecuting attorneys via campaign contributions…
Kevin Rothrock
@KevinRothrock
I tweeted about this already and here is an expanded write-up in English. It looks like the feds intervened at least a year ago to stop this, but it seems likely that state corruption at some level enabled this prison’s operations.
Meduza in English @meduza_en
Earlier today, journalists discovered a secret underground private prison outside St. Petersburg. The reporters suspect inmates were led to believe they’d been locked up legitimately at a state prison. meduza.io/en/feature/202…
https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1417200919557689349