Among other things, this will allow the criminal prosecution of all members of Prigozhin’s PEC to begin.

The White House is considering whether to designate the Wagner PEC as a terrorist organization to prevent the growing influence of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s militants in Africa and their involvement in the war against Ukraine.

As Bloomberg notes with reference to sources, the final decision has not yet been made.

Declaring the Wagnerites a terrorist organization would allow the United States to initiate criminal proceedings against the leaders of the group and its members, as well as pursue its assets around the world, the agency’s interlocutors explain.

The State Department and the Kremlin refused to comment on this.

Participation of the “Wagnerians” in the war against Ukraine

“Putin’s cook” Yevgeny Prigozhin and his PMC “Wagner” have already been sanctioned by the US, Great Britain and the European Union, although the group only continues to gain power and influence.

In September, Prigozhin admitted for the first time that he founded the group and that it was active in Syria and other Arab countries, as well as in Africa and Latin America. He called the “Wagnerians” “one of the pillars of the homeland.”

In September, Prigozhin began to publicly recruit prisoners to the ranks of his PMC as cannon fodder for the war against Ukraine, when the main offensive forces of the Russian Armed Forces were exhausted.

According to Western analysts, Yevgeny Prigozhin is working on his reputation among the “ultra-right” electorate in the Russian Federation, being in open confrontation with the military leadership. Putin himself is very dependent on the “Wagnerians”.