# Azerbaijan pardons French citizen Martin Ryan after Usmanov delisting

https://mins.news/en/item/70307

- euronews, 2026-09-23 09:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/23/azerbaijan-pardons-french-citizen-martin-ryan-following-usmanovs-delisting

> Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s president, granted clemency to Martin Ryan, a French national imprisoned for espionage. A linked bargain resulted in France securing Usmanov’s removal from the EU register of Russia-related penalties.

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