EU sanction deadlock deepens as Luxembourg complicates the picture

Published on 18/09/2026 – 13:38 GMT+2 • Updated

13:40

Luxembourg has deepened the deadlock over the EU’s sanction list renewal, tying a French demand to delist Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov to the case of Mikhail Fridman, who is suing the Grand Duchy over his frozen assets.

Last week, Paris joined Slovakia in demanding the removal of Usmanov from the sanctions list pending renewal. Now Luxembourg says that if Usmanov comes off the list, Fridman should too.

“France risks setting off a race to the bottom, which is the absolute opposite of what the EU is signalling politically, given the Russian escalation in Ukraine but also against EU…

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