EU divided over lifting sanctions on oligarch Usmanov

France secures the removal of Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions list.

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This decision sparks tensions in Brussels, with some viewing it as a dangerous precedent.

The Russian-Uzbek oligarch had been targeted since 2022 for his Kremlin ties.

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