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and in the subsequent insurgencies in the eastern 
Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk; 
Whereas the Wagner Group has been providing military sup-
port to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria since 
2015, fighting alongside its forces and helping it recap-
ture significant parts of the country; 
Whereas, on February 7, 2018, the Wagner Group led an 
armed assault on United States troops near the city of 
Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, prompting a United States 
counterattack, in what has been described as ‘‘the dead-
liest U.S.-Russia clash since the Cold War’’; 
Whereas the Wagner Group has supported Khalifa Haftar 
and his‘‘Libyan National Army’’ by providing merce-
naries, artillery, tanks, drones, and ammunition, with 
Yevgeniy Prigozhin personally attending a meeting be-
tween Haftar and Russian Defense Minister Sergei 
Shoigu in Moscow on November 7, 2018; 
Whereas a United Nations report made public on May 6, 
2020, concluded that the Wagner Group has operated up 
to 1,200 military contractors in Libya, including snipers 
and specialized military teams, serving as ‘‘an effective 
force multiplier’’ for Haftar’s army. 
Whereas mercenaries from the Wagner Group were deployed 
to Venezuela in January 2019 to provide support for the 
regime of Nicolas Maduro in the face of popular protests 
against his dictatorship; 
Whereas Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities have 
spearheaded operations with the intent to influence polit-
ical processes in Africa on behalf of the Government of 
the Russian Federation in several countries, including
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Madagascar, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the 
Central African Republic; 
Whereas the Wagner Group has deployed mercenaries to the 
Central African Republic since 2018 and has provided se-
curity detail for Central African Republic President 
Faustin-Archange Touadera, including Russian national 
Valery Zakharov, a former security official with close ties 
to the Wagner Group, who serves as the National Secu-
rity Adviser; 
Whereas, on July 31, 2018, Russian journalists Orkhan 
Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko, and Alexander Rastorguyev 
were murdered in the Central African Republic while 
working on a documentary about the activities of the 
Wagner Group in that country; 
Whereas according to an investigation by the London-based 
Dossier Center, the journalists had been tracked by offi-
cers of the Central African Republic gendarmerie who 
were in close communication with Russian nationals tied 
to the Wagner Group, including Valery Zakharov and 
Alexander Sotov; 
Whereas associates of Yevgeniy Prigozhin were reported to 
discuss plans to set up camps ‘‘for combat prep and 
training in sabotage’’ with the goal of stoking racial vio-
lence and carrying out domestic terror attacks in the 
United States in the run-up to the November 3, 2020, 
presidential election; 
Whereas associates of Yevgeniy Prigozhin have set up online 
influence operations based in Ghana and Nigeria to tar-
get social media audiences in the United States with the 
goal of inflaming racial tensions and provoking social un-
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rest in the run-up to the November 3, 2020, presidential 
election; 
Whereas, on December 20, 2016, the Department of the 
Treasury designated Yevgeniy Prigozhin under Executive 
Order 13661, ‘‘Blocking Property of Additional Persons 
Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine’’, for having 
‘‘materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or serv-
ices in support of, senior officials of the Russian Federa-
tion’’; 
Whereas, on June 20, 2017, the Department of the Treasury 
designated the Wagner Group under Executive Order 
13660, ‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contrib-
uting to the Situation in Ukraine’’, for being ‘‘responsible 
for or complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indi-
rectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, secu-
rity, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of 
Ukraine’’; 
Whereas, on March 15, 2018, the Department of the Treas-
ury designated Yevgeniy Prigozhin, his affiliated entities, 
including the Internet Research Agency, and his subordi-
nates under Executive Order 13694, ‘‘Blocking the Prop-
erty of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Mali-
cious Cyber- Enabled Activities,’’ for being ‘‘involved in 
interfering with [U.S.] election processes or institutions’’; 
Whereas on July 15, 2020, under Executive Orders 13848, 
13694 (as amended), and 13661, the Department of the 
Treasury designated entities located in Sudan, Hong 
Kong, and Thailand that have enabled Yevgeniy 
Prigozhin’s ability to evade United States sanctions as 
well as Prigozhin-linked entities that have attempted to
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suppress and discredit protestors seeking reforms in 
Sudan; 
Whereas, on September 23, 2020, pursuant to Executive Or-
ders 13848, 13694 (as amended), and 13661, the De-
partment of the Treasury designated a network of enti-
ties and individuals working on behalf of Yevgeniy 
Prigozhin seeking to advance Russia’s influence in the 
Central African Republic; 
Whereas, on October 15, 2020, the European Union sanc-
tioned Yevgeniy Prigozhin for engaging in ‘‘and providing 
support for Wagner Group’s activities in Libya, which 
threaten the country’s peace, stability and security’’; and 
Whereas current and former Administration officials have af-
firmed that the malign activities of Yevgeniy Prigozhin 
around the world pose a significant threat to United 
States national security interests: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns any and all attempts by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation and associated actors to 
influence the domestic politics of other countries and sow 
division among their peoples, particularly the United 
States and its allies and partners; 
(2) condemns the activities of Russian national 
Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities that pose 
a threat to the democratic values, democratic institu-
tions, and security of the United States and its allies 
and partners;
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(3) urges countries and entities engaging with 
Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated entities in business 
or advisory capacities to cease these engagements; 
(4) supports the additional designations made by 
the Department of the Treasury on September 23, 2020, 
and by the European Union on October 15, 2020, and 
calls on the United States Government and the Euro-
pean Union to continue to target the ability of Yevgeniy 
Prigozhin and his affiliated entities to conduct oper-
ations globally and to interfere in the democratic proc-
esses of the United States and its allies and partners; 
and 
(5) calls for close coordination between the United 
States Government and the governments of United 
States allies and partners to ensure that sanctions re-
gimes against Yevgeniy Prigozhin and his affiliated enti-
ties are enforced and coordinated. 
Attest: 
Clerk.