INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The European Union has reportedly agreed to lift sanctions on four Russian citizens following threats from Hungary to block the renewal of
sanctions against over 2,400 Russian and Belarusian citizens sanctioned over the war in Ukraine.EU sanctions, which need to be renewed every
six months by unanimous vote, were set to expire on March 15
Hungary, which enjoys warmer relations with the Kremlin than most European countries, argued that renewing sanctions would complicate peace
negotiations to end the war in Ukraine
of three of the four Russian nationals has not been made public.Gulbakhor IsmailovaIsmailova is the sister of the Uzbek-Russian billionaire
his fortune to $16.7 billion through mineral and telecoms companies.An investigation by the German Federal Police identified her as an
She was also accused of relying on a network of shell companies to hide this wealth.Ismailova was stripped of her Cypriot citizenship in
the European Union.Viatcheslav Moshe KantorKantor served as president of the World Jewish Congress for 15 years until April 2022, when he
stepped down after being placed on the EU sanctions list
He holds British and Israeli citizenship in addition to his Russian citizenship.Having made his riches through the Acron Group fertilizer
giant, Kantor has an estimated net worth of $9.5 billion
close ties to the Kremlin and benefitting from the war in Ukraine was insufficient to justify sanctions
His most recent case to the EU General Court was dismissed in January 2025.Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor.Sergei Bobylev / TASSMikhail
the Khabarovsk region, which had been rocked by protests over the jailing of popular Governor Sergei Furgal
struggled to achieve the popularity of his predecessor, who was not expected to win the governorship and led a majority in the regional
government.Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev.Arthur Novosiltsev / Moskva News AgencyVladimir RashevskyEuropean officials told the
successfully challenged his sanctions in court in 2024.Rashevsky was sanctioned in March 2022 for being among the prominent businessmen who
met with President Vladimir Putin on Feb
24, the day of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Energy Company until he resigned following his inclusion on the EU sanctions list.In 2024, the EU General Court annulled the European
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