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Ukraine urges EU to follow Baltic lead as Lithuania sanctions Russian oligarchs
Kyiv Independent·UA · LT · RU·1 day ago
EU lifted sanctions on billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, drawing criticism from FBK's Leonid Volkov, who called it a 'terrible precedent.' Volkov's own past proposal to lift sanctions on Fridman complicates his stance. The move signals potential EU softening toward Russian oligarchs, with implications for sanctions policy coherence.