A group of Democratic and Republican senators said on Wednesday they would try again to pass legislation that would require the State Department to designate Russian mercenary company Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Led by Democrat Ben Cardin and Republican Roger Wicker, the senators said they had reintroduced the Holding Accountable Russian Mercenaries (HARM) act – which was introduced but not passed before the end of the previous Congress – seeking to hold Wagner accountable for human rights violations by adding it to the FTO blacklist.
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