The French request would lift E.U. sanctions on Alisher Usmanov, whom the E.U referred to as “one of Vladimir Putin’s favorite oligarchs,” in a bid to free French citizens held in Azerbaijan.
Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/22/france-pushes-end-sanctions-alisher-usmanov-oligarch-tied-putin/
Author : Ellen Francis, Beatriz Ríos, Catherine Belton
Publish date : 2026-09-22 13:35:00
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