# Financial Times: EU proposal would unfreeze Usmanov’s assets while keeping him sanctioned

https://mins.news/en/item/64601

- Meduza, 2026-09-18 16:50 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/18/financial-times-eu-proposal-would-unfreeze-russian-uzbek-billionaire-alisher-usmanov-s-assets-while-keeping-him-on-the-sanctions-list

> Ireland and the European External Action Service have proposed keeping Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov on the EU sanctions list while unfreezing his assets and allowing him to enter the bloc. The compromise is intended to enable renewal of the Russia sanctions regime, after ambassadors extended it for only one week amid disputes over France’s push to ease restrictions. The effort is reportedly linked to a possible prisoner-release deal involving Azerbaijan.

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