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Azerbaijan pardons jailed Frenchman after EU lifts sanctions on Russian oligarchs

|Russia, Russia|2 independent sources

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Azerbaijan's President ​Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday pardoned a ​French national imprisoned for espionage a day ​after ‌the ⁠EU lifted sanctions on Russian billionaire ‌Alisher Usmanov following what ⁠diplomats said was pressure from Baku.

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