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Anger grows as EU drops sanctions on Russian billionaires
EUROPE, 24 September
By John_Doe
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A view of the European Union flag flying outside the EU headquarters in Brussels.
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Euronews.com
The European Union is facing a wave of criticism after removing some wealthy Russian tycoons from its official sanctions list.
The European Union is in hot water. They recently decided to take some very wealthy Russian businessmen—known as oligarchs—off their list of people who are being punished. This move has sparked a lot of anger. Sanctions are basically tools used to punish people or countries. In this case, the EU had frozen the bank accounts and property of these Russian billionaires to pressure them because of the war in Ukraine. Now that these names are off the list, those people can access their money and property again. Ukraine is very upset by this decision. They say it is wrong to let these people off…