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Russian businessmen Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven won a court case Wednesday over a European Union decision to sanction the pair for their alleged role in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The EU General Court said a lack of evidence justified their removal from the list of persons submitted to restrictive measures between February 2022 and March 2023. Fridman is a founder of Alfa Group and ranked as one of Russia’s wealthiest tycoons.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has implemented the National Security and Defence Council's (NSDC) decision to impose personal sanctions against 86 companies and seven individuals, including citizens of foreign states.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to lift the EU's restrictive measures imposed on him in connection with Russia's war against Ukraine.

„I think we need a deeper discussion about what problem we are trying to solve. Because this is not only a question of the workload of the institutions, (...) but there are also issues of a broader context,“ the Prime Minister reacted to the unification of restrictive measures against Russian and Belarusian citizens, which is coming back to the Seimas.

Caracas on Monday slammed a six-month renewal of European Union sanctions against it, and said the move precluded the bloc from participating in Venezuelan "political processes" ahead of elections next year.On Monday, the European Council said in a statement it had decided "exceptionally to extend its restrictive measures for six months only instead of one year, until 14 May 2024."