American prisoners at Russia's 'Fashion Colony' work in a factory assembling pants and coats for a Russian clothing company

American prisoners at Russia's 'Fashion Colony' work in a factory assembling pants and coats for a Russian clothing company

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Penal colony IK-17 is a likely destination for detained reporter Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reports. Stringer/Reuters Russia's IK-17 penal colony is known as a "Fashion Colony" in part for its brightly-painted exterior. American prisoners held there say they face toxic work…

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