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France Secures Removal of Alisher Usmanov From EU Sanctions List

France successfully pressed for Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be removed from the European Union’s sanctions list, a move linked to negotiations over the release of French nationals detained in Azerbaijan.
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