America’s strong action against ‘Wagner’, companies related to the group were banned, rebelled against Russia

Washington. The US has imposed sanctions on four companies and one individual linked to the private military group ‘Wagner’. This step has been taken after the rebellion against Russia under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the ‘Wagner’ group. Prigozhin ordered his fighters to march towards Moscow (the capital of Russia) last weekend. However, Prigozhin suddenly made an agreement with Russia and announced to back down and go to Belarus.

The sanctions imposed by the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday target entities in the Central African Republic, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Russia linked to the ‘Wagner’ group and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. are attached to.

However, the sanctions are not directly related to last week’s rebellion. The US has imposed sanctions against Prigozhin and the ‘Wagner’ group several times in the past as well. The group is also accused of trying to interfere in the 2016 US election.

Sanctions have been imposed on two mining companies ‘Dimeville SAU’ and ‘Midas Resources SARLU’ based in the Central African Republic linked to Prigozhin. In addition, restrictions have also been imposed on Russia-based ‘Limited Liability Company DM’ related to the sale of gold and Dubai-based ‘Industrial Resources General Trading’, which provides assistance to Dimeville.

The US has also imposed sanctions on Andrei Ivanov, a Russian official of the ‘Wagner’ group. According to the Ministry of Finance, Ivanov worked closely with Malian government officials to carry out arms deals, mining projects and other activities of the ‘Wagner’ group in Mali.

The ministry said the banned companies conduct illegal gold deals to provide funds to the ‘Wagner’ group so that the group can maintain and expand its armed forces in Ukraine and Africa.

Meanwhile, several other US government agencies issued several advisories on Tuesday regarding gold trade in sub-Saharan Africa. Russian authorities announced on Tuesday the dropping of charges of armed rebellion against Prigozhin and the ‘Wagner’ group and the closure of the criminal investigation.

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