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  "id": 9310936,
  "title": "Azerbaijan pardons jailed Frenchman after EU lifts sanctions on Russian oligarchs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-pardons-jailed-frenchman-after-eu-lifts-sanctions-on-9310936",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T08:03:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
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    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-pardons-jailed-frenchman-after-eu-lifts-sanctions-on-russian-oligarchs_6757842_4.html"
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  "summary": "At the request of France and Luxembourg, the EU removed two Russian oligarchs from its sanctions list in order to facilitate the release of Martin Ryan, who was arrested in December 2023.",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Azerbaijan pardons jailed Frenchman after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-pardons-jailed-frenchman-after-eu-lifts-sanctions-on",
        "published": "2026-09-23T07:53:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Azerbaijan frees French prisoner after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-frees-french-prisoner-after-eu-lifts-sanctions-on-russian",
        "published": "2026-09-23T08:35:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-09-23T08:58:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Meduza (English)",
        "title": "Azerbaijan pardons French businessman Martin Ryan after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-pardons-french-businessman-martin-ryan-after-eu-lifts",
        "published": "2026-09-23T10:01:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs creates dangerous precedent for EU — media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/lifting-sanctions-on-russian-oligarchs-creates-dangerous-precedent",
        "published": "2026-09-23T10:13:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
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