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    Latvia blocks deal to remove Usmanov from EU sanctions list

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    2. Ok_Zookeepergame8714 on

      The next few months will show if European alliances are even worth the paper they’re written on…

    8. R3v3r4nD on

      This shouldn’t be a sanctions list but a straight up interpol arrest warrant for supporting a criminal terrorist organisation. 

    11. ahockofham on

      So pretty much if an agreement isn’t made within the next few hours all sanctions against Russia fall apart because of two countries? What a stupid system. Slovakia will never lift its veto even if the EU removes the Russian oligarch from the list. Putin will be desperate not to have the sanctions automatically extended for 36 months and Slovakia will do whatever Putin wants.

    12. Stroykovic on

      Also france asked to remove some other dude from the list (something with a prisoner trade)
      Both persons where asked to be removed by slovakia in the first place (slovakia is pro-russia))

    14. karakter222 on

      Interesting to see people celebrate the same “1 country blocking an EU decision” just because they agree with it this time

    16. bloedit on

      The EU is risking tearing the entire sanctions regime apart. Whatever compromise they reach, if such big shots are delisted, then it’s certain there will be many more in the near future.

      That wouldn’t merely let criminals lose, it leads to the loss of frozen assest that generates money for Ukraine aid.

    17. SageGoes on

      Yeah what a nice initiative. Let’s clear all the oligarchs but ban common Russians from entering EU. Also need to deport all the Ukrainians back. More money, more blood