Recognition of Wagner Private Military Company as an international criminal organization

Recognition of Wagner Private Military Company as an international criminal organization

Draft resolution of the Verkhovna Rada #8397 of January 30, 2022

Cosponsors: a group of 69 MPs

Status: resolution passed

Who is affected: international community

Summary of the resolution:

• Wagner Group is recognized as an international criminal organization
• the Verkhovna Rada appeals to governments and parliaments worldwide to recognize Wagner Group as an international criminal organization
• the Parliament recommends the Prosecutor General’s Office, the SSU, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to actively investigate the criminal activities of Wagner Group

What is right:

• the Parliament promotes the idea to recognize Wagner Group as an international criminal organization. It will be more complicated for Wagner Group to get funding and operate on the territories of other countries.