Event Brief
EU drops sanctions exemptions for Usmanov and Fridman
By The BriefBrief · Sources (9)
Filed: Sep 22, 2026 at 10:08 AM ET
UPDATED Sep 22, 2026 at 8:18 PM ET
Summary: The EU removed sanctions exemptions for Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. France and Luxembourg were behind the exemptions, a move Kyiv called "shameful and unjustifiable."
WHO: Kyiv; France and Luxembourg
WHAT: EU dropped sanctions exemptions for Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman.
WHEN: Sep 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM ET
WHERE: European Union
WHY: France and Luxembourg were behind the sanctions exemptions for Usmanov and Fridman.
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