# EU fails to reach deal to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs

https://mins.news/en/video/68742

- France 24 English, 2026-09-22 10:38 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbRJs9PgPg

> EU countries failed on Monday to finalise a proposed compromise that would remove Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the bloc’s sanctions list while extending restrictions on nearly 3,000 other people and entities over the war in Ukraine.

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