The State Department said that the United States is trying to counter Wagner PMCs in other countries

As Price said, the US noticed that the countries cooperating with the Wagner group allegedly become "insecure and less independent."

“We are working closely with our African partners, with European countries, in order to respond to this extremely destabilizing ... activity,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the US Treasury announced that the US authorities had declared the Wagner Group a transnational criminal organization.

Politico, citing sources in the administration, reported that the US government was concerned about the expansion of Wagner PMC activities in Europe and Africa.

PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin noted that the company “has acted, is acting and will continue to act around the world in defense of those whom Western countries have humiliated for decades.