# EU fails to finalise deal to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs

https://mins.news/en/item/68727

- France 24, 2026-09-22 10:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260922-eu-fails-to-reach-deal-to-lift-sanctions-on-russian-oligarchs

> EU countries failed on Monday to finalise a deal that would remove Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the bloc’s sanctions list. Diplomats had earlier said member states provisionally agreed to the move as a compromise to extend sanctions on nearly 3,000 other people and entities over the Ukraine war.

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