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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK inaction let Wagner group flourish and grow, say MPs

Russian mercenaries in Mali.
Russian mercenaries in Mali. Alica Kearns, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, said the group sees ‘opportunity in suffering, profit in chaos’. Photograph: AP

A decade-long failure by the British government has allowed the Wagner network to grow, spread its tentacles deep into Africa and exploit vulnerable countries, according to a highly critical report from the UK’s foreign affairs select committee.

It called on the government to proscribe the Wagner group in the UK and to make a far more concerted effort to stop it using the City of London as a financial centre.

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