Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russia's Gazprombank - document, sources

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4. OOOPS! Chavismo caught in another whopper

Gazprombank denies that PDVSA has opened new accounts in its entity
Sunday, 02/10/2019 08:17 AM

translated from Spanish

February 10, 2019.- Russian bank Gazprombank said Sunday that Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has not opened any new accounts recently, beyond those it has had with the bank for several years, denying previously published information. Reuters

"The Reuters information is not true, as one of the largest oil companies in the world, PDVSA has accounts open with many large banks, including international," Gazprombank representatives told Russian media.

From the entity specify that "within the framework of cooperation with several Russian companies that are customers of the bank, a few years ago also opened accounts of PDVSA in the Gazprombank group."

"However, we emphasize that new accounts have not been opened and that the bank does not plan its opening," they say.

Reuters reported on Saturday that the Venezuelan state oil company is transferring the bank accounts of its mixed oil companies to Gazprombank and that it is advising the clients of these companies to deposit the sales income in an account recently opened in that Russian bank.

According to the agency, the measure would respond to the new round of US sanctions imposed on January 28, which seek to block Nicolás Maduro's government from accessing Venezuela's oil revenues.

https://www.aporrea.org/energia/n338234.html (Via RT.com)