US congressmen want to list Wagner as a terrorist – #congressmen #list #Wagner #terrorist
United States congressmen will once again vote on legislation that would require Russia’s Wagner mercenary group to be designated as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). This was stated by a group of democrat and republican senators yesterday – February 15. Such a request can be made before the State Department.
Democrat Ben Cardin (Cardin) and Republican Roger Wicker(Roger Wicker) said that they presented the said act for discussion again. The document was not adopted until the end of the work of the last Congress.
The inclusion of Wagner in the FTO list means that he is held accountable for human rights violations.
Cardin and Wicker of human rights engaged in preaching USA They are co-chairs of the Helsinki Commission.
Washington has been targeting the Wagner group for some time.
Last month, the Ministry of Finance declared the group a multinational criminal organization responsible for large-scale human rights violations.
Russia President Vladimir Putinoligarch who is said to be close to Yevgeny PrigogineThe group founded by is participating in the most heated battles in the war in Ukraine. Prigogine himself Russia He visited the prisons and attracted the prisoners to the war. They were promised freedom in exchange for going to war.
There are currently 50,000 Wagner fighters in Ukraine. USA according to the government’s estimates, of them approx 10 mini already perished has been