The United States plans to delay the introduction of new sanctions against PMC “Wagner” against the backdrop of recent events in the Russian Federation, reports TASS With reference to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
According to broadcast sources, the American authorities fear that in this way they can “take their side” of the Russian leadership. According to the newspaper’s source, Washington “doesn’t want to be seen as taking this or that side” in this situation.
The newspaper explains that on June 27, the US State Department plans to impose new sanctions on Wagner PMCs due to the group’s activities in Africa.
Earlier, several audio recordings were published on the Telegram channel of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner PMC, in particular, in which the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the Wagnerists attacked their rear camp. at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declarationThat the messages distributed on social networks on behalf of Prigozhin are not true and are an informational provocation.
June 24 PMC “Wagner” entered Rostov-on-Don. Russian President Vladimir Putin in a speech to citizens declaration He stressed that drastic measures would be taken against the rebels.