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The United Kingdom will include the Russian paramilitary group Wagner on its list of terrorist organizations, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed.
The United Kingdom will include the Russian paramilitary group Wagner on its list of terrorist organizations, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed.
Launched by Putin ‘s Kremlin, the Wagner Group’s methods of torture, theft, and barbarity threaten democracy and freedom around the world, wrote the head of the British government on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
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Citing Interior Minister Suella Braverman, British media announced the placement of Wagner on the list of terrorist organizations. These new measures against Wagner must be presented to Parliament. Once the bill passes, being a member of Wagner or supporting this group will be illegal. Wagner’s property could be considered terrorist property and seized.
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The British Home Secretary has the power to “proscribe” an organization she considers involved in acts of terrorism. This proscription, which already applies in particular to the jihadist organizations Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, makes it a criminal offense to support the organization in question. Wagner is a threat to global security, Suella Braverman continued, promising that the UK would continue to help Ukraine as much as possible in its fight against Russia.
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In July, London had already announced sanctions against 13 individuals and organizations linked to Wagner in Africa who are accused of war crimes. The announcement of these new measures comes two weeks after the death of Wagner’s boss, Yevgeni Prigozhin, and his lieutenants on August 23 in the crash of their plane between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
