UK Government To Declare Russia's Wagner Group Terrorist Organisation

<p>Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, will be declared a terrorist group by the United Kingdom government. Following the declaration, it will be illegal to be a member organisation or extend support to it. A draft order is set to be laid in Parliament after which the assets of the organisation will be categorised as terrorist property and seized.</p> <p>The home secretary Suella Braverman said Wagner was "violent and destructive... a military tool of Vladimir Putin's Russia," as per BBC. She stated that its work in Ukraine and Africa was a "threat to global security". Braverman added: "Wagner's continuing destabilising activities only continue to serve the Kremlin's political goals."</p> <p>"They are terrorists, plain and simple - and this proscription order makes that clear in UK law." Wagner was instrumental in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as well as operations in Syria and countries in Africa including Libya and Mali.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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