{
  "id": 9169483,
  "title": "Who are Usmanov and Fridman, the Russian oligarchs France helped remove from the EU sanctions list?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/who-are-usmanov-and-fridman-the-russian-oligarchs-france-helped",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T16:52:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/who-are-usmanov-and-fridman-the-russian-oligarchs-france-helped-remove-from-the-eu-sanctions-list/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The European Union is expected to lift sanctions on two high-profile Russian oligarchs — Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. The ruling will come after days of intense negotiations that could have seen the entire package of EU sanctions, imposed since 2022, go to waste. The push was spearheaded by Slovakia, yet it was France that held the new round of sanctions extensions hostage. The Financial…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}