Russian revenue from forced prison labor doubles in value
Russia's federal budget revenue has seen a significant upswing due to prison labor, which has just brought in double the amount from prison labor for 2016 to 2022. Data from the Russian Finance Ministry revealed that in 2022, the federal budget received a staggering 19.1 billion rubles ($192.4 million) from the forced labor performed by incarcerated persons for state and private companies – a substantial increase from the 8.8 billion rubles ($89.4
