Russia’s Wagner Chief Writes To White House Over New Sanctions

• Russia’s Wagner Chief has written to the White House over new sanctions.

• Wagner’s chief published a short letter to the White House asking what crime his company was accused of after Washington announced new sanctions on the group.

• In the letter, founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said; Dear Mr Kirby, could you please clarify what crime was committed by PMC Wagner?”.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner has published a short letter to the White House asking what crime his company was accused of after Washington announced new sanctions on the group.

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White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said that Wagner, which has been supporting Russian forces in their invasion of Ukraine and claiming credit for battlefield advances, would be designated a significant Transnational Criminal Organization.

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A letter in English addressed to Kirby and posted on the Telegram channel of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin’s press service read: “Dear Mr Kirby, Could you please clarify what crime was committed by PMC Wagner?”.

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