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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
Kind of a weird decision.The Russians need more men, not less, and these prisoners were very good cannonfodder. 

I'm assuming a pardon and release from Wagner just means re-conscription. That sounds like a Russian solution to this.
gpt
from what i am was reading, some picked to be free other picked to continue working with Wagner but now for money