EU drops Usmanov and Fridman
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The European Union faced a growing backlash on Wednesday for lifting sanctions on two Russian billionaires, with some of its members saying the move undermined a pillar of support for Ukraine's war effort and that it signalled the bloc would bow to blackmail.
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Azerbaijan pardons French prisoner hours after EU delists Usmanov
By Ben Aris in Berlin Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned jailed French citizen Martin Ryan on September 23, hours after the EU dropped tycoons Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list,