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BRUSSELS — EU countries are divided over whether to lift sanctions on a controversial billionaire listed among hundreds of businesspeople, politicians and traders accused of supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine. Ambassadors from across the bloc met in Brussels on Monday to discuss the EU’s sanctions regime, which must be renewed unanimously every six months. The talks take place after France jolted fellow EU members earlier this month by joining Slovakia in pushing to delist Alisher Usmanov, a prominent Russian-Uzbek industrialist, citing undisclosed national security concerns. “Everybody hates this,” said a diplomat from a country opposed to the move. When one ambassador spoke out against it, they went on, the objection “was supported by 11 member states.” Around 3,000 listings, including Usmanov’s, are at risk of expiring Tuesday after Paris withheld its support for the renewal. Three diplomats, all of whom were granted anonymity to describe the private discussions, said capitals remained deeply divided, despite France’s pledge to establish guardrails to assuage concerns that the move could undermine the sanctions regime more broadly. Two other diplomats said EU capitals were likely to agree to extend the sanctions — for a period as long as 36 months — as part of a compromise with countries seeking delisting. Envoys are due to meet again Monday afternoon after consulting their capitals. A decision to remove Usmanov — whose business empire spans mining, telecommunications and media — from the list could allow him to move money in and out of the EU, do business with European firms and potentially travel to the bloc. Luxembourg has continued to call for the delisting of Ukrainian-born, Russian-Israeli tycoon Mikhail Fridman, who is suing the country for the release of frozen assets. At a meeting last week that ended in stalemate, capitals expressed concern that removing one prominent billionaire from the list would set a dangerous precedent. France has declined to explain its motivations publicly or privately. Diplomats said only that the move relates to “a specific national security issue” and that Paris “wishes to respond positively to international partners who have approached us regarding Mr. Usmanov.” The Financial Times reported that his delisting could form part of a deal under which Azerbaijan would release detained French nationals. Brussels imposed financial and travel restrictions on Usmanov in 2022 as it unveiled sanctions on businesspeople and politicians involved in “undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine,” citing his alleged material support for Russia’s war. Usmanov rejects those charges along with his depiction as an oligarch, and has campaigned to be removed from the list.

Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was detained Monday on suspicion of fraud by Romanian police and the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT). The ultranationalist politician shot to prominence when he unexpectedly won the first round of the November 2024 presidential election, snapping up 23% of the vote. But the Constitutional Court annulled the election in December that year and barred Georgescu from running again due to his campaign’s links to a Russian influence operation. Romanian authorities are investigating Georgescu for committing fraud and forming an organized criminal group that prosecutors say defrauded a Romanian businessman by promising access to multimillion-euro foreign bank financing in exchange for cash guarantees. “The perpetrators acted by misleading and deceiving a Romanian businessmen … the members of the organized crime group aimed to obtain the financial guarantees deposited by the victim to access the respective credits,” a DIICOT press release noted. The group allegedly failed to deliver on its promises, and the victim lost “more than €1.1 million.” The former presidential candidate is already facing two other criminal cases: one over allegedly acting against Romania’s constitutional order by planning a violent coup, and another over allegedly promoting fascist ideology. Commenting on the earlier investigations, Georgescu protested his innocence and said the cases were “politically motivated.” Several dozen supporters of Georgescu gathered Monday in front of the DIICOT headquarters, where he will be brought in for questioning, Romanian media reported.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Monday to keep his ruling coalition of the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD together for the sake of the country's "democratic future", after both the far right and hard left made big gains in Germany's state elections on Sunday.

Violence flared in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday, as Israeli forces arrested a suspected Palestinian gunman accused of killing an Israeli man. In a separate incident, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian driver who the military said had attempted to run them over. Nicholas Rushworth reports.

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