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Azerbaijan frees French spy suspect after EU lifts Russian billionaire sanctions
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- Martin Ryan was pardoned and released by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev after being jailed on spying charges he denied.
- Ryan's release came hours after the EU agreed to lift sanctions on Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman.
- A second Frenchman, Anass Derraz, remains imprisoned in Azerbaijan on accusations of accepting a Russian bribe.
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