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Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:21 PM Tuesday

Russian Assets Seizure - Joe Blogs



Russia’s largest private oil company, LUKOIL, has announced that it will sell all of its overseas assets following the latest wave of Western sanctions.

From refineries in Bulgaria, Romania, and the Netherlands to major oil fields in Iraq and Uzbekistan, the company is being forced into a global fire sale.

But there’s an even bigger twist — some countries are now considering seizing LUKOIL’s assets outright on national security grounds.

Governments in Europe are tightening control over critical energy infrastructure once owned by Russian firms, raising the possibility that parts of LUKOIL’s empire could be nationalized or confiscated rather than sold.

In this video, we’ll look at:
🔹 The full list of LUKOIL’s assets now up for sale
🔹 How new sanctions have made these businesses impossible to operate
🔹 Why several countries may seize or nationalize these assets for national security reasons
🔹 The huge financial losses LUKOIL now faces
🔹 And how this could trigger a wider collapse across Russia’s oil sector and economy

For specific details please check out the CHAPTER list below.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:55 LUKOIL
3:48 DISPOSALS
6:48 ASSETS
11:02 LUKOIL PROBLEMS
12:45 RUSSIA
13:45 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
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