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Azerbaijan pardons Frenchman Ryan after EU lifts sanctions on Usmanov and Fridman

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned French national Martin Ryan, jailed on spying charges he denied, hours after the EU agreed to lift sanctions on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, angering Ukraine. Ryan was one of 20 pardoned; Frenchman Anass Derraz remains jailed o