https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/france-forces-the-eu-to-lift-sanctions-on-a-russian-oligarchContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/france-forces-the-eu-to-lift-sanctions-on-a-russian-oligarchhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/france-forces-the-eu-to-lift-sanctions-on-a-russian-oligarch#u93346Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:51:42 +0000France engineered the removal of Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the European Union sanctions list. Paris backed lifting these individual restrictions in exchange for extending the remaining broad individual penalties for another three years. Following this decision, other Russian tycoons are examining how these billionaires shook off the bloc measures to find potential loopholes. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials continue pressing Brussels to target additional figures, such as Vladimir Lisin and Vladimir Potanin, to cut their enterprises off from Europe.Why it matte