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Luxembourg Confirms Push for Fridman Sanctions Relief Linked to $16bn Claim

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Prime Minister confirms Luxembourg advocated for Russian billionaire to be removed from EU sanctions list to avert ‘harm to the country’

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Russian billionaires have attacked European courts in search of a way to lift European sanctions, inspired by the examples of Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Friedman, as reported by RBK-Ukraine with reference to Bloomberg. According to the publication, billionaires Alisher Usman and Michael Friedman have become among the most famous Russians who the EU has removed from its sanctions lists. At least two Russian businessmen have stated that they are …

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Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden has defended his commitment to removing Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman from the EU's list of sanctions.

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The Luxembourg government is drawing criticism from LSAP for its request for the withdrawal of Mikhail Fridman from the EU's blacklist. The European Union has saved on Tuesday, in extremis, its sanctions against Moscow by colliding, reluctantly and in spite of Kiev's criticisms, with the demands of France and Luxembourg, who ...

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Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden on Thursday defended the removal of Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman from the European Union (EU) sanctions list, stating that it was done to prevent damage to the country.

Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden on Thursday defended the removal of Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman from the European Union (EU) sanctions list, stating that it was done to prevent damage to the country.

France, Slovakia, and Luxembourg played hardball: two Russian oligarchs had to be removed from the EU sanctions list, otherwise the countries would receive no support...

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Wort.lu broke the news in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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