![]() ![]() ![]() “Conditions were very harsh” in Russian prison, said Timur, 37, an H.I.V.-positive Russian soldier interviewed at a detention site in the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine, and identified only by a first name, worried that he would face retaliation if he returned to Russia in a prisoner swap.Īfter he was sentenced to 10 years for drug dealing, the doctors in the Russian prison changed the anti-viral medication he had been taking to control H.I.V. Serving on the front lines seemed less risky than staying in prison, the detainees said in interviews with The New York Times. ![]() positive, Ukrainian authorities estimate based on infection rates in captured soldiers. It was a recruiting pitch that worked for many Russian prisoners.Ībout 20 percent of recruits in Russian prisoner units are H.I.V. On the battlefield in Ukraine, they were offered hope, with the promise of anti-viral medications if they agreed to fight. In Russian prisons, they said they were deprived of effective treatments for their H.I.V. ![]()
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