The European Union has agreed a sanctions framework designed to target key figures in the conflict in Sudan in an attempt to quell the ongoing tension.
According to a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Moscow is taking temporary control of the Russian assets of two foreign energy.
Wagner, which is leading Russian battles to try to capture the Ukrainian towns of Bakhmut and Soledar, had already been placed in February on another EU sanctions list for violating human rights and "destabilising" countries in Africa. The European Council, representing the 27 EU member states, said the new sanctions listing "completes" the previous one.
The United Kingdom says it has frozen assets worth 18 billion pounds ($20.5bn) purportedly owned by Russian oligarchs, and other individuals and entities subjected to sanctions by London over the Russian offensive against Ukraine.