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The founder of the Russian private military company (PMC) "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin wrote an open letter to the coordinator of strategic communications at the National Security Council in the White House, John Kirby, in which he asked him what crime his organization had committed, BTA reported.

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"Dear Mr. Kirby, I have a question for you: can you specify what crime PMC Wagner has committed?" said the letter, published today in Telegram by Prigozhin's press office and also quoted by Reuters.

Kirby announced yesterday that the US government would declare Wagner a transnational criminal organization, which would allow the US and other countries to clamp down on the mercenary army's international business and its international network of supporters.

"Wagner is a criminal organization responsible for atrocities and human rights violations in Ukraine and around the world," said Kirby, quoted by world agencies. He also said that next week the US government will impose specific sanctions against the Wagner group, but did not specify which ones.

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