Azerbaijan pardons jailed Frenchman after EU lifts sanctions on Russian oligarchs
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What happened
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday pardoned a French national imprisoned for espionage a day after the EU lifted sanctions on Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov following what diplomats said was pressure from Baku.
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