All through Africa: Baiden does not want to recognize Wagner PVC a terrorist organization - the media

The White House has already imposed sanctions against Russian mercenaries who are fighting in Ukraine. Currently, legislators are pushing the State Department to take decisive action - to give the Wagner status FTO. This status imposes much more costs and increases the US resources to harass the Wagner. According to the legislators, this will be a powerful restraining factor against people or governments who have a relationship with the group.

"It will change the rules of the game," - stated one of the co -authors of the bill, Senator Lindsey Graham. A congressman's assistant in an anonymous conversation with The Hill said that Baiden administration opposes the law because of fears of undermining US relations with African countries. Wagner PEC works in Sudan, Libya, Central African, Mozambique, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon and Chad. Private security companies help the weak armed forces of these countries.

"If Wagner PEC is given the status of a terrorist, the governments of Africa will be under sanctions - they are forbidden to go to the United States, and their assets will be blocked," he said. FTO status supporters say that Wagner meets the criteria of a terrorist organization through connections with the Kremlin. Former Ministry of Finance employee on sanctions Justin Gudzovskaya stated that Wagner PEC spends money in the king on "graceful propaganda in Hollywood style, which praises Russia.

" "The group exists not only for economic production, but also for the demonstration of the Russian authorities abroad," she told legislators. According to her, granting Wagner status will strike the humanitarian groups that work in these countries. FTO status supporters hope that the Congress initiative will be the basis of Russia's declaration of terrorism sponsor.

Baiden's administration resisted this step, fearing answers, in particular, difficulty in grain removal from Ukraine, concludes the publication. Recall that British intelligence on March 13 emphasized the need to reduce the Wagner PEC "of the scale of combat operations or their intensity in Ukraine. The reason for this is the deprivation of access to the recruitment of prisoners. On March 11, Ukrainian border guards eliminated the Wagner group in Bakhmut industry.