Washington to Designate Russian Private Military Group Wagner as ‘Transnational Criminal Organization’

Wagner, a Russian private military group, will soon be designated as a criminal entity by the U.S. government following its involvement in the Ukraine war, while Washington revealed growing tensions between Wagner and the Russian military as well as North Korea’s support for the group.
The Department of Commerce had designated Wagner a military end user last month, thus ensuring that it cannot procure equipment anywhere in the world that is based on U.S. technology or production, National Security Council (NSC) coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said in a Jan. 20 press briefing. “Today, we are announcing additional actions that we are taking to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian invasion forces,” he stated….}