UK to proscribe Wagner group as terrorist organisation within weeks

The UK will proscribe the Wagner group as a terrorist organisation “within weeks” as part of a fresh crackdown on the Russian mercenary network, according to British government insiders, Report informs, citing Financial Times.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is expected to announce the designation imminently in line with powers under the Terrorism Act 2000, following months spent by officials building up a detailed legal case.

The move follows accusations from MPs of inaction by the government, with one cross-party group of parliamentarians last month labelling the UK’s approach to combating Wagner so far as “underwhelming in the extreme”.

Britain has already imposed sanctions on the Wagner group, its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and an array of the paramilitary network’s senior commanders.