Sanctions Without Borders: The U.S. Strike on Lukoil and Its Regional Echo
On October 22, 2025, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury (“OFAC”) updated the Specially Designated Nationals (“SDN”) list, which included LUKOIL OAO (“Lukoil”) and 3 more of its subsidiaries, and in this way the USA extended sanctions to Lukoil as well.