The U.K. says it will declare Russia’s Wagner mercenary group a banned terrorist organization.
FILE - Members of the Wagner Group military company sit atop of a tank on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023, prior to leaving an area at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. The U.K. says it will declare Russias Wagner mercenary group a banned terrorist organization. British officials say the group remains a threat to global security even after the death of leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. .
The move, expected to take effect within days, puts Wagner in the same category as the Islamic State group, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Northern Ireland paramilitaries. “They are terrorists, plain and simple - and this proscription order makes that clear in U.K. law,” she said. Two months after the June mutiny, Prigozhin was reported killed in an Aug. 23 plane crash. A preliminaryconcluded the plane was downed by an intentional explosion. The government of Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied involvement.
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