Brussels, Belgium, Sept 14, 2026 (AFP) - EU extends Russia sanction deadline

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2026-09-14

EU countries on Monday delayed a deadline for prolonging sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war after France pushed for billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be removed from a blacklist. The European Union blacklist of almost 3,000 individuals and entities -- which needs to be extended every six months -- was set to expire by Wednesday. But ambassadors from the 27 EU member states pushed back the deadline one week after the late efforts from Paris to......

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