The Wagner mercenary group will be declared a terrorist organisation, the Home Office has announced.
A draft order will be laid in parliament on Wednesday, which will make it illegal to be a member of or support the Russian group in the UK.
The group has played a prominent role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it began in February 2022.
The Home Office said the decision had been taken to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 due to “the nature and scale of the organisation’s activities as well as the threat they pose to British nationals abroad”.
Suella Braverman, the home secretary, said: “Wagner is a violent and destructive organisation which has acted as a military tool of Vladimir Putin’s Russia overseas.
The crash occurred exactly two months after Prigozhin mounted a short-lived armed rebellion against Russia’s military leadership, posing the biggest challenge to Vladimir Putin’s authority in his 23-year rule.
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The Wagner mercenary group will be declared a terrorist organisation, the Home Office has announced.
A draft order will be laid in parliament on Wednesday, which will make it illegal to be a member of or support the Russian group in the UK.
The group has played a prominent role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since it began in February 2022.
The Home Office said the decision had been taken to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 due to “the nature and scale of the organisation’s activities as well as the threat they pose to British nationals abroad”.
Suella Braverman, the home secretary, said: “Wagner is a violent and destructive organisation which has acted as a military tool of Vladimir Putin’s Russia overseas.
The crash occurred exactly two months after Prigozhin mounted a short-lived armed rebellion against Russia’s military leadership, posing the biggest challenge to Vladimir Putin’s authority in his 23-year rule.
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