Bryan Lanza, a senior adviser in Donald Trump's 2024 US presidential marketing campaign, has been employed as a advisor to the worldwide division of the Russian oil big Lukoil, which is looking for consumers for its belongings.

Supply: Politico, citing its personal sources

Particulars: Lanza started working for Lukoil in the previous couple of weeks. Politico reviews that the previous Trump adviser and his agency, Mercury Public Affairs, are interacting with the US authorities over the sale of belongings belonging to Lukoil.

Politico says Lanza was amongst those that helped safe an extension from the US Treasury Division for the sale of Lukoil's worldwide belongings.

The deadline for the sale is 17 January 2026. Reuters beforehand reported that the US financial institution Xtellus Companions is the main contender to amass these belongings.

Lukoil's worldwide division, which is predicated in Austria, owns oil refineries, oil fields and a pair of,000 petrol stations worldwide, together with greater than 200 in the USA.

Background: In November 2024, Lanza stated the brand new US administration would give attention to attaining peace in Ukraine reasonably than enabling the nation to regain territories occupied by Russia.

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