# Ukraine angry as EU removes Russian oligarchs from sanctions list

https://mins.news/en/item/69496

- BBC News, 2026-09-22 19:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6dj4k98107do?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The EU is set to remove Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov and Russian-Israeli businessman Mikhail Fridman from sanctions imposed after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian officials called the decision unacceptable and said it sent Moscow the wrong signal. A compromise will extend sanctions on about 2,600 others for three years.

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