Update: EU fails to reach deal to lift sanctions on Russian oligarchs

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EU countries failed Monday to finalise a agreement that involved lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, Multiple diplomats stated earlier that member states had reached a provisional agreement to take the pair off the EU's blacklist as part of a compromise to extend sanctions on almost 3,000 other individuals and entities over the Ukraine war. The report also notes that France 24's Dave Keating has more from Brussels.

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