Wagner’s Africa Leaders Targeted in New Wave of UK Sanctions
- Measures target 13 people, firms linked to mercenary group
- US announced new sanctions against Wagner three weeks ago
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The UK announced a wave of sanctions against individuals and businesses involved with the Russian mercenary Wagner Group in three African nations.
The move targets 13 individuals and businesses linked to Wagner, which is accused of executions and torture in Mali and Central African Republic, and threats to peace and security in Sudan, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement. Vitalii Viktorovitch Perfilev, the head of Wagner in CAR, and Konstantin Aleksandrovitch Pikalov, who oversees the group’s operations in that country, are among those being sanctioned, it said.