Three DC businesses hit with explosive devices, Molotov cocktail Map shows which internet provider is fastest where you live Senate rankings: five seats most likely to flip GOP’s ‘dereliction of duty’ impeachment argument gets skeptical reviews “The United States will continue to target the Wagner Group’s revenue streams to degrade its expansion and violence in Africa, Ukraine, and anywhere else.” Nelson, Treasury’s under secretary for terrorism and financial Intelligence. “The Wagner Group funds its brutal operations in part by exploiting natural resources in countries like the Central African Republic and Mali,” said Brian E. The Group of Seven nations in June agreed to ban Russian gold imports, trying to prevent Russia from swapping gold for a more liquid foreign currency that is not subject to current sanctions. Treasury says the sanctioned firms engaged in illicit gold deals to fund the Wagner Group so it could sustain and expand its armed forces in Ukraine and Africa.

Treasury says Ivanov worked with Malian government officials on weapons deals, mining projects, and other Wagner Group activities in Mali.

also sanctioned Andrei Ivanov, a Russian executive in the Wagner Group. election.ĭiamville SAU and Midas Ressources SARLU, two mining firms based in the Central African Republic and connected to Prigozhin, were targeted for sanctions, along with Russia-based Limited Liability Company DM, which conducted gold sales, and Dubai-based Industrial Resources General Trading, which provided support to Diamville. has previously issued sanctions against Prigozhin and the Wagner Group multiple times, including alleging that he tried to interfere with the 2016 U.S. The sanctions are not directly related to last week’s uprising.

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