# Azerbaijan pardons French citizen Martin Ryan after Usmanov delisting

https://mins.news/en/video/71369

- euronews, 2026-09-23 21:43 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dns4hB8Qo68

> Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev pardoned French citizen Martin Ryan, who had been jailed for espionage, under a deal linked to France securing Usmanov’s removal from the EU’s Russia sanctions list. Ryan is expected to fly to Paris on Wednesday.

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