VLADIMIR Putin’s warlords – the Wagner Group – should be a banned terror organization, the Labor Party demands.
The gang of mercenaries is often described as the of the Russian president death squad and is accused of massacring civilians in Ukraine.
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Known for recruiting Nazi thugs and criminals, it acts outside the law and has been fighting in Ukraine since 2014.
But the Russian Ministry of Defense supplies the group with weapons.
If the UK made it a banned terror group, it would become a crime to belong to, support or publicly wear its logo.
The call comes after the world’s first birthday of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The Wagner Group is responsible for the appalling atrocities in Ukraine and around the world.
“No one in the UK should belong to, support or promote the group.
“A year after Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, we must hold accountable those responsible for supporting the barbaric agenda.”
The US banned the group last month.