{
  "id": 7797427,
  "title": "Europe baffled by France's sudden leniency toward Russian oligarch Usmanov",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/europe-baffled-by-frances-sudden-leniency-toward-russian-oligarch",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:19:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/16/europe-baffled-by-france-s-sudden-leniency-toward-russian-oligarch-usmanov_6757593_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "To the surprise of its European partners, Paris has requested that billionaire Alisher Usmanov, known for his close ties to Vladimir Putin, be taken off the list of sanctioned Russian individuals.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}