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France calls on EU to list Wagner as ‘terrorists’, UK considering

Visitors to the 'PMC Wagner Centre', operated by founder of the Wagner private military group Yevgeny Prigozhin, in St Petersburg, Russia, in November 2022 [File: AP Photo]

The French parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the European Union to formally label Russia’s mercenary Wagner force a “terror group” as reports emerged that the United Kingdom also appears poised to designate the group a “terror organisation”.

The resolution on Tuesday, which is non-binding and largely symbolic, passed France’s parliament with unanimous support across the political spectrum.

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