A Moscow Times story states, “Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has started passing invoices from its oil sales to Rosneft, Reuters reported Friday, citing documents and sources. The alleged scheme is the latest sign of Venezuela’s growing dependence on Russia as U.S. sanctions put increasing financial pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
“‘We consider it necessary to turn to law enforcement agencies to prevent the pseudo-agency’s illegal activities in Russia,’ Rosneft said in a statement Friday.
“Rosneft accused the news agency of ‘systematically creating and disseminating disinformation, legalizing rumors in the interests of customers and inventing information to damage the Russian economy, companies and the state.’
“‘In effect, these actions constitute informational sabotage.’
“Rosneft plans to contact Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the Vedomosti business newspaper cited a source with knowledge of the situation as saying.”
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