A source told the newspaper that it would be a step towards “improving relations between the US and Russia and helping to end the war” in Ukraine.
The United States has long considered the fund one of the Kremlin's most powerful tools for exerting influence internationally.
If sanctions against the fund are lifted, it would represent a retreat from the American strategy of using economic sanctions to force Russia to change course.
Trump lifted sanctions against Russia earlier in October as part of a deal on Russian diesel exports.
