Azerbaijan Pardons Frenchman Martin Ryan After EU Lifts Sanctions on Russian Billionaire Usmanov

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<p>President of Azerbaijan pardons Frenchman serving sentence for espionage President of Azerbaijan pardoned Martin Ryan, sentenced to 10 years for espionage. He was detained in December 2023.</p>

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According to a decree issued on Wednesday by President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan, Martin Ryan is on a list of 20 pardoned persons.

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President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan signed a pardon order for the accused of spying on a French citizen, Martin Ryan, which was reported by the Presidential Press Service today, 23 September.

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Suspected of espionage, the businessman had been detained since 2023. His fate was said to have been at the centre of recent negotiations in the EU to remove, at the request of France, the oligarch Alicher Ousmanov from persons punished for their support to Russia in the war against Ukraine.