Fertiliser baron Moshe Kantor and three other Russians are to be taken off the EU's blacklist in a last-minute deal with Hungary.
The other three are: Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev, an oligarch's sister called Gulbahor Ismailova, and Russian businessman Vladimir Rashevsky, according to EU diplomats.
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.