# ‘No one’s happy’: Europe wrestles with fallout from Usmanov saga

https://mins.news/en/item/71704

- euronews, 2026-09-24 05:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/24/no-ones-happy-europe-wrestles-with-fallout-from-usmanov-saga

> France’s successful effort to remove Uzbek-Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov from the sanctions list has left officials and diplomats in Brussels with a bitter aftertaste. They fear the decision could establish a dangerous precedent.

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