EU Lifts Sanctions on Two Russian Oligarchs — SkimNews
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- The EU dropped sanctions on two of Russia's richest oligarchs despite Kyiv's objections, according to The Washington Post and BBC coverage of the decision.
- Ukraine reacted with anger at the removal, while Latvia's prime minister warned the move amounts to "cherry-picking sanctions" that normalizes Russia, per Euronews reporting.
- One of the oligarchs taken off the list is Usmanov, named in the Euronews headline among those whose EU sanctions were lifted.
Why it matters: The EU's removal of two Russian oligarchs from its sanctions list exposes a fracture in the bloc's unified economic pressure campaign against Moscow. Latvia's PM framing of "cherry-picking sanctions" highlights intra-EU disagreement over enforcement, even as Kyiv is publicly pleading for continued pressure.
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