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EU to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs Usmanov, Fridman

EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, March 25, 2024.
File photo: European Union flags flap in the wind outside EU headquarters in Brussels on Monday, March 25, 2024. © Virginia Mayo, AP

EU countries on Tuesday agreed a compromise deal to prolong sanctions on Russia that will see oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman removed from the blacklist, diplomats said. Ukraine called the EU’s delisting of Usmanov and Fridman “shameful” and urged national sanctions.

The EU agreed on Tuesday to extend sanctions on Russia in a compromise deal that will see oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman dropped from the blacklist, diplomats said.

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