doesn’t seem like a good idea
if they are released, they likely won’t be loyal to putin
With severe enough brainwashing — there were people tossed into gulags under Stalin who were beaten and psychologically and physically tortured daily and ended up believing that Stalin would save them
It depends on the quality of reeducation. Look at the Chechens, 50% of the population killed, but the rest are the most staunchest patriots of Russia and hate America above all.