Biden Hits Russia's Vagner Group With Tough New Export Curbs

Fighters from Russia's notorious private mercenary company, Vagner Group, have played a prominent role in Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. (file photo)

The Biden administration on December 21 unveiled new curbs on technology exports to Russia's Vagner military group, in a bid to further choke off supplies to the contractor over its role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Vagner group, which was added to a trade blacklist in 2017 after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region, will now be labeled a military end user and face tough new curbs on access to technology made anywhere in the world with U.S. equipment. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.