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Minister: France Must Explain Lifting Sanctions on Russian Oligarch

France should explain itself after it pushed for the lifting of EU sanctions on Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna (Eesti 200) said Tuesday.

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DECRYPTAGE - France joined Slovakia to secure the withdrawal of businessman Alicher Ousmanov from the list of European sanctions. Luxembourg followed his lead with banker Mikhail Fridman. A "honest" and "unjustifiable" process for Ukraine.

·Paris, France
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The EU is lifting sanctions against a Russian oligarch the union had previously labeled as "one of Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs."

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Russian attacks on Kiev, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Odessa, Ukrainian drones center another Russian refinery. Azerbaijan pardoned a French citizen immediately after the lifting of European sanctions to the oligarch Usmanov

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna has said France should provide an explanation after it insisted on lifting EU sanctions against Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov.

EU sanctions on Russia were weakened on Tuesday when an oligarch close to Putin was swapped for a French spy and removed from the EU sanctions list.

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berlingske.dk broke the news in Copenhagen, Denmark on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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