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UK poised to label Wagner group terrorists as France urges EU to act

Chief of Russian Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin
The chief of Russia’s Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. The EU and UK are looking to formally label Wagner a terrorist group. Photograph: Telegram/@concordgroup_official/AFP/Getty Images

The French parliament has called on the EU to formally label the Russian mercenary group Wagner as terrorists, as the UK reportedly prepares to do the same.

France’s parliament unanimously passed a non-binding resolution aimed at encouraging the 27 members of the EU to put Wagner on its official list of terrorist organisations.

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