
Azerbaijan pardons Frenchman after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaire
Martin Ryan was released months after being jailed on spying charges, though a second French national remains imprisoned in Azerbaijan.

Martin Ryan was released months after being jailed on spying charges, though a second French national remains imprisoned in Azerbaijan.
Martin Ryan had been sentenced to 10 years in prison in March; France had rejected the espionage allegations against him.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned a French national imprisoned on espionage charges, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions on a Russian billionaire.
The brief report from Al Jazeera's Jerusalem Daily segment gives no further detail on the pardon.

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