PoliticsRussian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev wins removal from EU’s Belarus sanctions list, but remains sanctioned over Ukraine war
EU ambassadors removed Mikhail Gutseriev from the bloc’s Belarus sanctions list on October 7. After years of legal challenges, he won a May 2026 ruling that found the EU Council had not provided enough current evidence of his continuing ties to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. Gutseriev remains under EU sanctions over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
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Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev wins removal from EU’s Belarus sanctions list, but remains sanctioned over Ukraine war