Foreign assets of the sanctioned Lukoil company are planned to be acquired by a billionaire from the US, - Reuters A consortium led by American billionaire Todd Boali is preparing to purchase the international assets of the Russian oil giant Lukoil. The agreement is expected soon, the publication said. The bank, acting on behalf of the consortium, purchased from Western investment funds the frozen securities of Lukoil worth billions of dollars. They will be replaced by the company's foreign assets, three sources told Reuters. The consortium includes Boali, a Miami businessman who owns shares in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Lakers sports teams, as well as Emirati investors International Holdings Company (IHC) and Al Hale Holding. The proposal is also supported by the Syrian-Qatari Al-Hayat brothers and the American International Development Finance Corp (DFC). Todd Boali previously donated $2 million to President Donald Trump's political causes.