The interests of the Russian company must be protected and respected, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked about the deal between Lukoil and the US company Carlyle. For us, the most important thing is that the interests of the Russian company are protected and respected," he said at a briefing. Russia’s oil producer Lukoil reported earlier that it had reached an agreement with Carlyle to sell Lukoil International GmbH, which owns its foreign assets. The deal does not include projects in Kazakhstan and is conditional upon a number of approvals, including from US authorities. It also recalled that the sale of Lukoil International is related to the introduction of restrictive measures by certain states against Lukoil and its subsidiaries.