Washington urges European Union to impose sanctions on russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives have urged the European Union to impose sanctions on russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, writes the WSJ.

In a letter to the EU’s ambassador to the U.S., the bipartisan group of lawmakers said Mr. Prigozhin has been serving as an agent for the kremlin acting primarily through the Wagner Group, a russian security company, and Internet Research Agency LLC.

Mr. Prigozhin and IRA were indicted in 2018 on charges of engaging in a widespread effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

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