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Bernem told Zelensky that he does not agree with the EU's decision to lift sanctions on Russian billionaires.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told President Volodymyr Zelensky that he does not agree with the EU's decision to lift sanctions on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter.
Preliminarily, Burnham made the statement during a private meeting with Zelensky in New York.
The British prime minister assured that London would not lift sanctions on Usmanov and Fridman. According to interlocutors of the agency, he stressed that Ukraine's allies must continue to keep up the pressure of sanctions to force Russia to stop the war.
As a reminder, 22 in September the EU member states agreed to extend sanctions against about 3000 individuals and legal entities accused of supporting Russia's war against Ukraine. At the same time, Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman were removed from the list. The decision was the result of a compromise among EU countries. Earlier Latvia opposed excluding the two businessmen, but later it withdrew its objection, which allowed agreeing to extend the sanctions regime.
Recently, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė instructed preparations to introduce national sanctions against Russian billionaires.
And soon Estonia also introduced national sanctions against Russian billionaires.
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