{
  "id": 9306159,
  "title": "Azerbaijan pardons French prisoner after EU caves in on sanctions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-pardons-french-prisoner-after-eu-caves-in-on-sanctions",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T08:58:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/azerbaijan-pardons-french-prisoner-after-eu-caves-in-on-sanctions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Editor's note: this is a developing story Azerbaijan's leader Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national on Sept. 23 reports France 24, hours after the EU agreed to delist two Russian oligarchs from sanctions. The EU was forced by French pressure to drop sanctions against oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman on Sept. 22, in return for allowing the bloc's remaining 3,000 Russia sanctions to…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}