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PoliticsAnti-Corruption Foundation’s Leonid Volkov criticizes lifting sanctions on Mikhail Fridman. Four years ago, he proposed lifting them himself.

Anti-Corruption Foundation political projects chief Leonid Volkov called the EU’s removal of sanctions on Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman “shameful” and a “terrible precedent.” He said Fridman secured relief without public action against Putin’s regime, although Volkov had argued four years ago for clear conditions such as condemning the war and aiding Ukraine. FBK leader Yulia Navalnaya endorsed his criticism.

EU sanctionsMikhail FridmanAlisher UsmanovLeonid Volkov

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Anti-Corruption Foundation’s Leonid Volkov criticizes lifting sanctions on Mikhail Fridman. Four years ago, he proposed lifting them himself.
Anti-Corruption Foundation’s Leonid Volkov criticizes lifting sanctions on Mikhail Fridman. Four years ago, he proposed lifting them himself.Politics