Vilnius, Sept 28, 2026 (AFP) - Baltic states sanction Russian oligarchs in break with EU

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2026-09-28

Lithuania announced on Monday it had joined fellow Baltic states Latvia and Estonia and imposed national sanctions on Russian billionaire oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman. The moves by Vilnus, Riga and Talinn -- all European Union and NATO member states that were formerly occupied by the Soviet Union -- follow a decision by the EU to remove Usmanov and Fridman from the 27-nation bloc's blacklist. "Following a submission by the foreig......

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