EU imposes restrictive measures against the Wagner Group

EU imposes restrictive measures against the Wagner Group

December 13th, 2021 The Council today adopted a set of restrictive measures against the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity. The measures target the Wagner group itself, and eight individuals and three entities connected to it. The Wagner Group has recruited, trained and sent private military operatives to conflict zones around the world…

Mondafrique / CAR: Wagner’s Russian mercenary racket against the Central African Republic

Mondafrique / CAR: Wagner’s Russian mercenary racket against the Central African Republic

Mondafrique – October 25, 2021 Original article (French) On October 17, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian accused the Russian private military company Wagner of “substituting” itself to the authority of the State in the Central African Republic, stressing that “to be able to pay for themselves, they confiscate the fiscal capacity of the State….