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The US has postponed the sale of Lukoil’s assets for the fifth time in an effort to put pressure on the Kremlin

Stanislav Sereda
Stanislav Sereda Journalist
The US has postponed the sale of Lukoil’s assets for the fifth time in an effort to put pressure on the Kremlin
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The US Treasury Department has once again extended the deadline by which it must sell off the assets of the Russian oil giant Lukoil.

This is stated in a statement by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Under the updated decision, the new deadline has been set for 30 May 2026. This is the fifth change to the deadline since the introduction of sweeping sanctions against the Russian energy sector in October 2025.

This delay is a strategic move by the Donald Trump administration to strengthen its position in the context of a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine.

Slowing down the sale allows the United States to retain control over the assets and use them as a tool for financial pressure on Moscow.

The key condition of any future agreement remains the complete isolation of capital: the Russian side will not have direct access to the funds.

All proceeds from the sale of assets will be frozen in special accounts under US control to ensure that these resources are not used to fund Russia’s military needs.

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