Ekaterina Petrova, a lawyer from Aleksey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, has uncovered a contract for a government order of "up to 60 convicted people [for the creation of a] labor force." The contract was found on a government database of state orders.
Meduza: Russian government places order for Crimean detention center built by convicts
A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the sculpture nicknamed the \"polite people\" during its unveiling ceremony on June 11, 2016 in central Simferopol.