Event Brief
EU deadlocked on lifting sanctions for Alisher Usmanov
By The BriefBrief · Sources (3)
Filed: Sep 21, 2026 at 9:11 AM ET
Summary: EU ambassadors met in Brussels to discuss renewing the bloc’s sanctions regime, which requires unanimous approval. France pushed to remove Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov from the blacklist, but other capitals opposed; Paris withheld support for renewal, putting about 3,000 listings at risk of expiring Tuesday.
WHO: EU ambassadors and member-state capitals
WHAT: EU countries remained divided over whether to delist Alisher Usmanov from the EU sanctions blacklist during the sanctions renewal process.
WHEN: Sep 21, 2026
WHERE: Belgium
WHY: France withheld support for renewing the sanctions after pushing to delist Usmanov, and other member states opposed the move.
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