Wagner at Bahmut front pic.twitter.com/Mqy5GZrIMT
— ZOKA (@200_zoka) January 25, 2023
What?
RT:
Washington has designated the private military company (PMC) the Wagner Group a “significant transnational criminal organization,” the US Treasury Department said on Thursday as it unveiled a new batch of sanctions against Russia.
The US accused the company founded by Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin of being engaged in “an ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity” in both Ukraine, where the PMC is fighting with Russian troops, and several African nations.
The Wagner Group poses a “transcontinental threat,” the Treasury statement read, adding that the PMC “has been involved in Kremlin-backed combat operations around the world.” It referred specifically to Russia’s military effort in Ukraine, as well as alleging that the group had “also meddled and destabilized countries in Africa” such as the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali.
Apart from the Wagner Group, the US also imposed sanctions on eleven other entities and six individuals, including those it suspects of supporting the PMC’s operations. The list includes Russia- and China-based technology companies and a UAE-based aviation firm, as well as several CAR-based security companies allegedly linked to the Wagner Group.
I was gonna ask “which other continent?” But of course it’s Africa.
So now I will ask: what are the crimes?
Wagner are serious people and serious soldiers. Putin allowed Wagner to release criminals from prison to join Wagner, which is cyberpunk and cool.
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦⌛️⏳Bakhmut soon to come under operational encirclement
As of the evening of January 26, the units of the Wagner PMCs continue to reach Artemovsk (Bakhmut) in the north and southwest, and are also gradually advancing in urban areas pic.twitter.com/GcFSJatpkF
— AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 (@AZgeopolitics) January 26, 2023
People should respect them and say they are cool guys.
They’re even very nice and friendly.
Wagner continuously responds to relatives contacting their hotline to find loved ones.
Here a Ukrainian prisoner from Bakhmut sends a message home: “I’m well treated here, it’s cosy and warm, and I hope to see you soon” pic.twitter.com/AsxmwbqwVN
— What’s the media hiding? (@narrative_hole) January 25, 2023