Russia's worker shortage is so bad the economy is leaning on the Soviet-era practice of using prison labor, think tank says

• Russia is leaning more on prison labor amid a dearth of available workers.
• Income generated from forced convict labor notched 19 billion rubles last year.
• Around a million Russians have fled the country to avoid fighting and escape Russia's economic situation.

Russia's worker shortage is so bad, the nation is increasingly leaning on prison labor to prop up its ailing industries and make up for a lack of manpower.