Michael Friedman

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Mikhail Fridman is a Russian billionaire and co-founder of Alfa Group, who was removed from the European Union's sanctions list in September 2024. The decision followed a lengthy legal and diplomatic effort, reportedly involving around 30 lawyers, and was met with criticism from Ukrainian officials and activists who described it as a dangerous precedent. Fridman himself reportedly expressed surprise at the removal, having nearly lost hope of having sanctions lifted.

Events

• Lithuania bans Usmanov and Fridman from entry for 5 years
• Russian billionaires are studying the experience of Usmanov and…
• EU lifts sanctions on Usmanov and Fridman
• Ukraine Pushes EU to Sanction Lisin and Potanin
• EU lifts sanctions on Usmanov, Fridman
• Lifting sanctions on Friedman and Usmanov will change nothing
• Azerbaijan pardons French businessman after EU lifts sanctions on…
• EU Removes Sanctions from Fridman and Usmanov
• The EU lifted sanctions on Usmanov and Friedman, and also removed…
• "Europe bent to blackmail" — Leonid Volkov on the lifting of EU…

Recent coverage

• Lithuania bans Russian billionaires Usmanov and Friedman from entry for 5 years after EU sanctions lifted — The Insider
• Lithuania banned entry to Mikhail Fridman and Alisher Usmanov — Ведомости
• Usmanov and Friedman declared undesirable persons in Lithuania — Вести
• EU lifted sanctions on Usmanov and Friedman, and removed former rector of 'Crimean Federal University'... — ASTRA
• Russian billionaires began studying Usmanov and Friedman's experience on exiting EU sanctions — Дождь (Telegram)
• At least two Russian billionaires want to repeat the path of Friedman and Usmanov — Вести
• Russian billionaires study Usmanov and Friedman's experience on exiting EU sanctions — Новая газета Европа
• EU will not lift sanctions on other Russians like Friedman and Usmanov — Zelensky — ЭХО / Новости
• Latvia stood against the exclusion of Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the EU sanctions list until the last moment. Source... — BBC News Русская служба
• Russian billionaires began studying Usmanov and Friedman's experience on exiting EU sanctions — The Moscow Times
• Russian billionaires study how Usmanov and Friedman managed to get sanctions lifted — Bloomberg — ЭХО / Новости
• Usmanov and Friedman exit sanctions, though they fell under restrictions in the first days of the war. How billionaires for decades... — Важные истории
• EU has no intention of further lifting sanctions on Russians, Zelensky says — DW Главное
• Why the EU decision on Usmanov and Friedman hurts the EU itself? Explains an international lawyer — DOXA
• Lifting sanctions on Friedman and Usmanov will change nothing: Vladislav Inozemtsev — SOTAvision
• Ukraine proposed EU impose sanctions against Potanin and Lisin in place of Usmanov and Friedman — ЭХО / Новости
• EU agreed to lift sanctions on Usmanov and Friedman — media — BBC News Русская служба
• Lawyer revealed what work had to be done to lift sanctions from Friedman — Вести
• Ukraine proposed EU to impose sanctions against Potanin and Lysin instead of Friedman and Usmanov, from whom sanctions were lifted — Meduza
• UK will not lift sanctions on Usmanov and Friedman, Bloomberg reports — DW Главное