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The European Union, after lengthy negotiations, will extend sanctions against Russia for three years immediately. But there is one caveat concerning two Russian billionaires.
The EU excluded Usmanov and Fridman. The Permanent Representatives Committee agreed to exclude two Russian oligarchs—Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman—from the sanctions list against Russia. They will also extend the sanctions for the remaining 3000 individuals and organizations for three years, diplomats in the EU said 22 on September, Reuters reports. Latvia was the last country to oppose. After all, unanimous consent of EU member states is required to approve the sanctions. Earlier, the publication noted, sanctions against Russia were renewed every six months. France pressed for Usmanov to be removed from the sanctions list, citing national security concerns. Luxembourg later demanded the same treatment for Fridman, who filed a lawsuit against the country for 16 billion dollars. EU sanctions against the Russian Federation. Later, Yozviak reported that the agreement on renewing EU sanctions against Russia would be as follows: Fridman and Usmanov would be removed from the lists, sanctions for the rest of the 3000 on the list would be extended for 36 months, Latvia would impose national sanctions against the aforementioned individuals. This is only a preliminary agreement; a written procedure adding it officially must pass by 20.00, the journalist says. Earlier, at the final stage, there were problems that did not allow a decision on sanctions against Russia. Zelenskiy thanked Denmark. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, discussed the sanctions work direction within the EU. “When Russia constantly demonstrates its desire to escalate the war, the answer must be to strengthen sanctions, not the opposite. Each name was not included in the sanctions list by chance: each of them is a reason why this war began and continues, why our people die every day,” the president said. Zelensky thanked Denmark for supporting this position. He hopes that all partners of Ukraine in Europe will maintain unity and work toward ending the war.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine wrote that the EU had not yet decided to exclude two Russian oligarchs—Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman—from the sanctions list. In addition, Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President, urged the EU not to ease the sanctions regime so that Russian oligarchs could not further fund the Russian military machine.
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