The UK government plans to declare PMC Wagner a terrorist organization in the coming weeks. This refers to sources in British Cabinet reports. Times.
According to the publication, the British authorities have been preparing legal grounds for the inclusion of Wagner PMCs on the terrorist organization list for two months. The purpose of this initiative is called putting pressure on Russia.
As noted in the Times material, granting Wagner PMC the status of a terrorist organization would make belonging to it a criminal offense in the UK. This also includes attending events organized by PMCs, expressing support for them or wearing their symbols.
It was announced that financial sanctions could also be imposed on PMC Wagner and members of the organization could be barred from applying to English courts with allegations against journalists and human rights activists.
Earlier it was reported that the National Assembly of France (lower house of the parliament). He insisted the country and European Union officials to list the private military company “Wagner” as terrorist organizations. According to TASS agency, the initiative belongs to Renaissance party MP Benjamin Haddad and 13 colleagues in connection with the activities of PMCs in Syria, Ukraine and African countries.