The US imposed sanctions against companies that supported the Wagner group in Africa

The US administration announced the imposition of sanctions against two organizations in the Central African Republic (CAR) that provided support to the Russian Wagnerites and contributed to the theft of natural resources in the country.

This is stated in the official message of the US State Department, distributed on Thursday, Ukrinform reports.

«The United States has placed two organizations located in the Central African Republic on the list of sanctions for their efforts to support the destabilizing activities in Africa of the Wagner group, supported by the Kremlin, the message states. SARLU. They played an "important role" in supporting the operations of the Wagnerites, in the illegal mining of minerals in the Central African Republic.

"The Wagner Russian group committed massive violations of human rights and appropriated natural resources in many African countries," the State Department added.

< p>As reported, the United States is making consistent efforts to counter the malicious activities of Russian groups in Africa and other destabilizing actions of the Russian Federation in the world.