LONDON/PARIS >> Austrian businessman Bernd Bergmair, former majority owner of an adult entertainment group including website Pornhub, has approached the U.S. Treasury about buying international assets of sanctioned Russian oil major Lukoil, two sources familiar with the matter said.

The U.S. imposed sanctions on Lukoil, Russia’s largest privately-owned oil producer, as part of efforts to pressure Moscow to end its war in Ukraine.

The sanctions have forced Lukoil to announce the sale of foreign assets, with multiple buyers approaching U.S. authorities for permission to talk to Lukoil, including oil majors Exxon Mobil and Chevron.

Through a lawyer, Bergmair declined to specify which assets he was interested in, whether he had already approached Lukoil, or whether he was part of an investm

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