Headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Russia denounced the sanctions pronounced Monday December 13 by the European Union against the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, accusing Westerners ” hysteria ” on this subject.
« The hysteria that has spread in the West around this theme testifies above all to the jealousy of certain former European metropolises towards the States of Africa and the Middle East. “From which they were” forced to recognize in their time sovereignty and independence“, The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
« Russia reserves the right to respond to hostile actions by the EU“, Added Russian diplomacy, repeating that” private military companies are not controlled by the authorities “Russians and defending the” sovereign right »Of the countries in question to have recourse to such companies.
The European Union sanctioned the Russian paramilitary group Wagner on Monday as well as 8 people and 3 companies linked to it for ” destabilization actions »Carried out in Ukraine and in several African countries. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the Wagner group was a ” instrument of the hybrid war led by Russia« .
The Wagner company is reported in several African countries where Russia is present, notably in Mali and the Central African Republic.
