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France wants Usmanov off sanctions

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France asked the EU to remove oligarch Alisher Usmanov from the bloc’s sanctions list, a move that surprised European partners and prompted calls for explanation.

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Russia neighbor Finland to join French-led nuclear deterrent initiative for Europe
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Russia neighbor Finland to join French-led nuclear deterrent initiative for Europe
Finland will join a French-led effort to strengthen Europe’s nuclear deterrent.
www.stripes.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM

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Drones over Lithuania, flares fired at Danish aircraft, the Polish border strike. These attacks are a direct result of Europe’s weak response to Leipzig & all other provocations.

It’s past time. The EU must ban Russian tourists. NATO must help defend western Ukrainian airspace.
September 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM

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Reposted by Anders Nilsson

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed Trump’s call for Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian refineries, but when asked whether Moscow would reciprocate by stopping attacks on Ukrainian economic infrastructure, he declined to answer. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
The Kremlin welcomes Trump’s call for Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries but won’t promise reciprocal restraint — Meduza
The Kremlin declined to say whether it would stop striking Ukraine’s economic infrastructure if Kyiv halted its attacks on Russian oil refineries.
meduza.io
September 15, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Reposted by Ben Tonra

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We recorded a @sicherheitspod.de episode *yesterday* discussing the problems of cohesion of the middle powers…

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... France in ‘astonishing’ push to lift EU sanctions on Russian oligarch
France in ‘astonishing’ push to lift EU sanctions on Russian oligarch
Paris replicates Viktor Orbán’s tactics in bid to free French nationals from Azerbaijan
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September 15, 2026 at 5:25 AM

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