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- The European Union removed Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list.
- France advocated the delisting, citing national-security concerns after a prisoner swap with Azerbaijan.
- Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybija called the removal shameful and unjustifiable.
- Latvia objected but announced it will impose its own national sanctions on the two oligarchs.
- The EU extended the sanctions-list roll-over for 36 months, covering nearly 3,000 names.
