Wagner mercenary group lastly condemned as ‘terrorist organisation’

Russia’s Wagner Group has now been added to the United Kingdom’s checklist of proscribed organisations and branded a terrorist organisation.

In a press release, the Home Office said: “The Russian mercenary organisation, Wagner Group, has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation today (15th September) after an order was laid in Parliament on Wednesday (6th September).

“This order comes into power with fast impact and can make belonging to the Wagner Group or actively supporting the group within the UK a legal offence, with a possible jail sentence of 14 years which may be handed down alongside or instead of a effective.

“The Wagner Group has now been added to the list of proscribed organisations in the UK, alongside 78 other organisations.”

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