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6 February 2023 - The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies - Oral evidence

Committee Foreign Affairs Committee
Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies

Monday 6 February 2023

Start times: 3:45pm (private) 4:00pm (public)


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FCDO faces questions on Wagner Group

The Foreign Affairs Committee holds an oral evidence session on the Wagner Group and proxy Private Military Companies.

Meeting details

At 4:00pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry The Wagner Group and beyond: proxy Private Military Companies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Head of the Human Rights Department at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

The Committee hears from Leo Docherty MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Mr Docherty will appear alongside Ben Fender OBE, Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the FCDO.

The session may cover topics such as the exemption for legal fees granted to Yevgeny Prigozhin by the Treasury, departmental responsibility for entities like the Wagner Group and the Wagner Group’s most recent activities around the world.

Location

Room 8, Palace of Westminster

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