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Azerbaijan pardons French citizen Martin Ryan following Usmanov's delisting

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · Eastern Europe

Azerbaijan's President Aliyev pardoned French citizen Martin Ryan, jailed for espionage, as part of a deal in which France secured Usmanov's removal from the EU's Russia sanctions list. Ryan is expected to fly to Paris on Wednesday.

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