Foreign Affairs
EU Member States Reach Last-Minute Agreement to Extend Sanctions on Russia, Remove Two Billionaires from List
EU ambassadors reached a last-minute agreement on Tuesday to extend sanctions against approximately 3,000 Russian-linked entities and individuals, avoiding their expiration at midnight. While the extension was secured, Russian-Uzbek billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman were removed from the sanctions list, a move reportedly driven by France despite opposition from Latvia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had urged member states to keep their names on the list while the war continues.
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