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Luxembourg's excuse for delisting Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman fails to convince Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden has defended his governments push to remove Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman from the European Union's sanctions list, citing a $16 billion arbitration claim Friedman filed against the country. However, lawmakers revealed that Friedan lacked awareness of EU rules designed to prevent member states from having to compensate people who have been sanctioned. Photo: Eduard Kryzhnievsky/Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images.

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Luxembourg's excuse for delisting Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman fails to convince Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden has defended his governments push to remove Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman from the European Union's sanctions list, citing a $16 billion arbitration claim Friedman filed against the country. However, lawmakers revealed that Friedan lacked awareness of EU rules designed to prevent member states from having to compensate people who have been sanctioned. Photo: Eduard Kryzhnievsky/Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images.

Luxembourg's excuse for delisting Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman fails to convince Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden has defended his governments push to remove Russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman from the European Union's sanctions list, citing a $16 billion arbitration claim Friedman filed against the country. However, lawmakers revealed that Friedan lacked awareness of EU rules designed to prevent member states from having to compensate people who have been sanctioned. Photo: Eduard Kryzhnievsky/Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images.