{
  "id": 8900103,
  "title": "EU nears deal to break impasse over French request to remove Usmanov from sanctions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/eu-nears-deal-to-break-impasse-over-french-request-to-remove-usmanov",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T10:27:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/21/eu-nears-deal-to-break-impasse-over-french-request-to-remove-usmanov-from-sanctions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EU sanctions on Russia are at risk of expiring as France pushes to remove Uzbek-Russian Usmanov from the blacklist in a deal that could secure the release and pardon of two French nationals in Azerbaijan.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Presidential commissioner: EU discusses extending sanctions for 12 months in exchange for excluding Usmanov",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/presidential-commissioner-eu-discusses-extending-sanctions-for-12",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:36:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}