What makes Russia’s mercenaries so dangerous

Berlin Mercenaries fight where others don’t want to go. Their use ignores rules and knows hardly any taboos. This makes these fighters particularly dangerous. Anyone who is hired or deployed by private military service providers such as the Russian Wagner Group is entering no man’s land. Those who break away risk their lives.

After fighters from the Russian Wagner Group of Yevgeny Prigozhin, an entrepreneur and long-time confidante of Russian President Vladimir Putin, gained increasing importance in the Ukraine war, both numerically and militarily, the USA now want to take countermeasures.

The Treasury Department will officially classify the mercenary group as a “transnational criminal organization,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced in Washington on Friday. This means that you and your worldwide network could be subject to further sanctions.

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