EU court: ex-F1 driver Mazepin to be removed from sanctions list
Former Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin should be removed from a list of people sanctioned by the European Union after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU General Court said on Wednesday. The Luxembourg court said that "the family connection with his father, Russian businessperson Dmitry Mazepin, is not sufficient for him to be regarded as being linked to his father by common interests and, therefore, for him to be maintained on those lists." Mazepin's father, Dmitriy, has a majority stake in mining company Uralkali and is the former majority stake holder in its subsidiary Uralchem. He is sa...