{
  "id": 7572644,
  "title": "France backs lifting sanctions on Usmanov to secure citizens’ release in Azerbaijan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/france-backs-lifting-sanctions-on-usmanov-to-secure-citizens-release",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T14:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/france-backs-lifting-sanctions-on-usmanov-in-azerbaijan-citizen-release-talks-ft-50641659.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "France supports removing Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov from the European Union sanctions list as part of negotiations with Azerbaijan over the release of several French citizens, the Financial Times reported on Sept. 14, citing people familiar with the matter.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}