FILE PHOTO: Arkady Volozh, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Yandex Group of Companies, attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will lift sanctions against two Russian businessmen and one Slovak national, two diplomatic sources told Reuters on Thursday, but stressed the bloc was not likely to follow suit for billionaire Alisher Usmanov.
The EU slapped asset freezes and travel bans on some 2,000 people and companies deemed involved in or benefiting from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which reaches its two-year mark on Saturday.
