World & BusinessAzerbaijan pardons French national after EU lifts sanctions on Alisher Usmanov
Reuters reports that President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national jailed for espionage, a day after the EU lifted sanctions on the Russian billionaire.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national jailed for espionage a day after the EU lifted sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, Reuters reports. Reuters cites diplomats who said the sanctions move followed pressure from Baku. Bloomberg separately reports that the EU decision followed lobbying from Paris.
Azerbaijan pardons French national after EU lifts sanctions on Alisher Usmanov
Reuters reports that President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national jailed for espionage, a day after the EU lifted sanctions on the Russian billionaire.
