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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Nina Lloyd & Dominic Picksley

Fearsome Russian Wagner mercenaries to be labelled terror group like Isis and Al Qaeda

The UK is set to designate Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group as a proscribed terrorist organisation, it is reported.

The Times have quoted a Government source as saying the move was “imminent” and likely to be enacted within weeks after two months spent building a legal case.

Proscription would make it a criminal offence to join Wagner, encourage support for it, display its logo in public or attend its meetings.

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