INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Uzbek officials have been using meetings with the European Union to lobby for the lifting of sanctions on Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher
overtures to lift the restrictions.Both Usmanov and Ismailova were sanctioned by the EU soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in
his EU-based assets.In September, German authorities raided several properties linked to the oligarch, including a villa on Tegernsee in
The art had previously been on display on his $600-million superyacht, Dilbar, which was seized by the German authorities earlier this
story.A spokesperson for Usmanov likewise declined to comment, but noted that the EU sanctions on the oligarch and his sister were
"hampering investment and charity projects."
