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

UK proscribing Wagner group as terrorist ‘will help Ukrainians sue’

Yevgeny Prigozhin standing with some of his troops.
The head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, standing with some of his troops. Photograph: AP

An imminent British government decision to proscribe the Wagner mercenary group would speed up plans by Ukrainian refugees to sue the organisation for up to £5bn in damages in the UK courts, the lawyer leading the case has told the Guardian.

The UK government signalled it was prepared to proscribe the group, which is active in Russia and parts of Africa, on the basis of it being a terrorist group, a move that makes it illegal to help the group, Jason McCue said.

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