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Guns for gold:the Wagner Network exposed
| Name of entity, with supporting information from the time of desgination[335] | Designated by US? | Designated by EU? | Designated by UK? |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSOCIATION FOR FREE RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION (a.k.a. “AFRIC”) The Association For Free Research And International Cooperation (AFRIC), [...] facilitate[s] Prigozhin’s malign operations in Africa and Europe while primarily operating from Russia. AFRIC has served as a front company for Prigozhin’s influence operations in Africa, including by sponsoring phony election monitoring missions in Zimbabwe, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, and Mozambique. Despite posing as an African-led initiative, AFRIC serves to disseminate Russia’s preferred messaging, often related to disinformation. AFRIC works in coordination with other elements of the Prigozhin network, including FZNC and the International Anticrisis Center, a fraudulent think tank controlled by Prigozhin’s operatives. (U.S. designation) |
Yes | No | No |
| CHANGSHA TIANYI SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD (SPACETY CHINA). A People’s Republic of China (PRC)-based entity that has provided Terra Tech synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery orders over locations in Ukraine. These images were gathered in order to enable Wagner combat operations in Ukraine (U.S. designation) |
Yes | No | No |
| CHARTER GREEN LIGHT MOSCOW Operating or has operated in the aerospace sector of the Russian Federation economy. Charter Green Light is an aircraft charter service that offers VIP, group, cargo, and helicopter charters based in Moscow, Russia. It has been reported that it is the preferred company of the Wagner Group, which uses its charter planes to transport Wagner personnel and equipment. (U.S. designation) |
Yes | No | No |
| CHINA HEAD AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY (a.k.a. CHINA HEAD TECHNOLOGY CO; a.k.a. HEAD AEROSPACE GROUP) A PRC-based satellite image reseller that supplied satellite imagery of locations in Ukraine to entities affiliated with PMC Wagner and Yevgeniy Prigozhin. (U.S. designation) |
Yes | No | No |
