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Wagner Group proscribed

皇冠体育app Russian mercenary organisation, Wagner Group, has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

皇冠体育app Russian mercenary organisation, Wagner Group, has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation today (15th September) after an order was laid in Parliament on Wednesday (6th September).

This order comes into force with immediate effect and will make belonging to the Wagner Group or actively supporting the group in the UK a criminal offence, with a potential jail sentence of 14 years which can be handed down alongside or in place of a fine.

皇冠体育app Wagner Group has now been added to the , alongside 78 other organisations.

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Published 15 September 2023