When the EU wanted to sanction the group in 2020, it targeted Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin who is suspected of running Wagner. 
Pamene a EU amkafuna kulanga gulu mu 2020amkafuna Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin,  mtsogoleri olimba mtima  Vladimir Putin yemwe amakaikilidwa kuti ndiye akuyendetsa wagner.