Russia’s Wagner Chief Writes To White Home Over New US Sanctions

The pinnacle of the Russian non-public navy contractor Wagner revealed on Saturday a brief letter to the White Home asking what crime his firm was accused of, after Washington introduced new sanctions on the group.

White Home nationwide safety spokesperson John Kirby stated on Friday that Wagner, which has been supporting Russian forces of their invasion of Ukraine and claiming credit score for battlefield advances, can be designated a big Transnational Felony Group.

A letter in English addressed to Kirby and posted on the Telegram channel of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s press service learn: “Expensive Mr Kirby, Might you please make clear what crime was dedicated by PMC Wagner?”

Kirby referred to as Wagner “a legal group that’s committing widespread atrocities and human rights abuses”.

Final month, the White Home stated Wagner had taken supply of an arms cargo from North Korea to assist bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.

North Korea’s Overseas Ministry referred to as the report groundless and Prigozhin on the time denied taking such a supply, calling the report “gossip and hypothesis”.

Washington had already imposed curbs on commerce with Wagner in 2017 and once more in December in an try to limit its entry to weaponry.

The European Union imposed its personal sanctions in December 2021 on Wagner, which has been energetic in Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Sudan, Mozambique and Mali, in addition to Ukraine.

Prigozhin has described Wagner as a completely impartial power with its personal plane, tanks, rockets and artillery.

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