UK to declare Russia's Wagner a terrorist organisation

Britain is set to declare the Russian mercenary group Wagner as a terrorist organization, making it illegal to be a member or support it, with assets to be seized, due to its involvement in looting, torture, and "barbarous murders" across Ukraine, the Middle East, and Africa.

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