The Carlyle Group Inc.

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Chevron Corporation

Russian oil company Lukoil has found a buyer for its foreign assets that may finally satisfy OFAC. This is the American Carlyle, an investment company with big connections in US political circles. What is it known for?

Washington Liaison: the story of Carlyle, the buyer of Lukoil's foreign assets

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Strabag SE

Raiffeisenbank, a Russian subsidiary of the Austrian RBI group, generates a significant share of its profits. But its Austrian owners cannot receive dividends from it because of Russian laws and courts. On January 30, the Austrian bank will publish preliminary results for 2025. What should investors know about the bank's business in Russia?

Raiffeisen Bank will report for 2025. How its business will be affected by the Russian subsidiary

BNP Paribas SA

Societe Generale Societe anonyme

Wise Group AB

European banks and fintech services have begun blocking transfers to the accounts of Russians who permanently reside in other countries, even before the decision to include Russia in the list of high-risk countries came into force.  Oninvest is aware of several such cases.

European banks have started blocking Russians' transfers around the world

In December this year, the Russian Federation was added to the EU's blacklist in the area of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism, which in the long term should make life more difficult for those who are somehow connected with Russia. Iran has been on this list for many years. Oninvest asked Iranianist Nikita Smagin, who has lived in the Islamic Republic, to describe how life is organized for Iranians from a financial point of view.

Personal finance in Iran: how citizens live under sanctions

Eni S.p.A.

BP p.l.c.

TotalEnergies SE

Shell plc

In October 2025, the US imposed blocking sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil. This raised questions about the fate of their foreign assets, especially in the case of Lukoil, which is traditionally focused on international expansion. What scenarios and contenders for this company's foreign assets are currently being discussed?

How Russian company Lukoil is trying to find buyers for its foreign assets

Nikolai Storonsky, founder and CEO of the fintech bank Revolut, told in a large interview about plans for an IPO, increasing his stake in the company, and called reports about moving to Dubai a fake. He also touched upon the topic of account blocking, which was massively faced by citizens of Russia and Belarus, and explained why the bank applied sanctions to the accounts of family members of businessman Oleg Tinkov when he was blacklisted in the UK.

IPO plans, blocked accounts and Dubai: highlights from Revolut founder's interview

They will be accepted if Putin rejects the peace agreement the U.S. is discussing with Ukraine and European countries

US prepares sanctions against Russia's 'shadow fleet' - Bloomberg

The European Commission has announced that it has included Russia in the list of high-risk countries in the field of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. This is like a "black mark": European banks, brokers and other financial organizations will be obliged to intensify their scrutiny of any transactions involving this country. What will be the consequences of this decision?

The Russian Federation has been added to the EU blacklist on money laundering. This will affect not only Russians

The move, Politico points out, would oblige European financial institutions to step up scrutiny of all Russia-related transactions

EU decides to add Russia to list of countries with high risk of money laundering - Politico

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Payment service Wise <a href="https://wise.com/help/articles/6KoVCechMSzTAHwsKoJfVQ/wise-card-restrictions-for-russian-and-belarusian-customers">announced</a> restrictions for Russians and Belarusians living in the EU. The company temporarily blocked accounts and cards for passport holders of these countries. To unblock accounts and cards, bank customers will have to confirm citizenship of the EU or Switzerland or permanent residence in them.

Wise will close the cards of Russians and Belarusians without residence permits in the EU

Many Russians living in Europe still have accounts and cards in Russian sub-sanctioned banks. But EU countries are gradually introducing <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1226/oj/eng">liability</a> for circumventing anti-Russian sanctions, which raises the question of whether having an account in such a bank and using it is considered a criminal offense. Lawyers from the EU and Russia have presented two scenarios for the application of this norm - optimistic and pessimistic.

Life in the EU and an account in the Russian sanctions bank: lawyers' opinions on risks and action plan

Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation is among the companies that are interested in international assets of Lukoil, which has fallen under U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg sources <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/lukoil-s-suitor-list-grows-to-include-exxon-chevron-abu-dhabi?srnd=homepage-europe&amp;sref=Y0jVLcFo">said </a>. The possibility of buying part of the Russian oil giant's foreign business is also being studied by Chevron, Reuters <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/chevron-izucaet-vozmoznost-vykupa-aktivov-popavsego-pod-sankcii-lukojla-reuters">wrote the</a> day before, also citing sources. Exxon and Chevron are considering Lukoil's stake in Iraq's West Qurna-2 field, two Bloomberg sources said.