While ordinary Russians are being denied the opportunity to obtain visas to the EU, sanctions are being lifted from two emblematic figures of Putin’s Russia. The negative consequences of this decision are clear. But are there any positive ones? 

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Lithuania has banned Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from entering the country for five years after the EU did not extend the restrictions against them. Both have been added to the national list of undesirable persons, and the ban took effect on September 25.

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Bloomberg reported that Russian billionaires are studying the circumstances of the EU sanctions being lifted from Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, hoping to use this experience in disputes with the European Union. At least two of the publication’s sources intend to view Fridman’s case as a precedent for their own lawsuits.

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Bloomberg reported that after the EU lifted sanctions on Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, other wealthy Russian businessmen began to study their experience of challenging the restrictions more closely. According to the agency’s survey, many do not expect sanctions to be lifted quickly, but at least two intend to use Fridman’s example in their own lawsuits.

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The European Union lifted sanctions on Alfa-Bank co-founder Mikhail Friedman and businessman Alisher Usmanov. Bloomberg, citing a source, writes that this came as a surprise to Friedman.

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Leonid Volkov called the European Union’s decision to lift sanctions on Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov «shameful» and creating a «terrible precedent». He reminded that in 2022 he himself signed a letter to the European Commission asking for sanctions to be lifted on Fridman and other top managers of Alfa Group if a number of conditions were met.

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EU countries agreed to remove Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the sanctions list and at the same time extend restrictions against the remaining nearly 3,000 Russia-linked individuals and legal entities for three years. The decision was made unanimously after pressure from France and Luxembourg; Latvia objected until the very end.

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Latvia refused to support in the EU a compromise on extending personal sanctions imposed because of Russian aggression against Ukraine. The plan called for removing Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the list in exchange for extending the entire regime by three years at once.

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Ambassadors of EU countries agreed to extend sanctions against about 3,000 people and organizations linked to Russian aggression against Ukraine for three years at once instead of the usual six months. Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman are to be excluded from the sanctions list.

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France supported Slovakia’s proposal to lift sanctions on Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov, unnamed European diplomats told Euronews. According to the channel, this position caused «huge disappointment» among other EU countries and may further complicate negotiations on extending the sanctions.

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