Billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman are the most prominent Russian tycoons to escape EU sanctions over the Ukraine war, with little sign Vladimir Putin influenced the outcome

Russian tycoons are studying how billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman escaped EU sanctions, though few see any immediate ways they can capitalize on the examples to get out from their own restrictions

FT Exclusive: France is lobbying EU countries to lift sanctions on Alisher Usmanov as part of a deal to release several French citizens held in Azerbaijan.