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Bloomberg learned about Venezuela's secret plan to sell Syrian oil through Russia
Venezuela secretly planned to get around the international sanctions imposed on Syria and with the help of Russia to sell oil from the Arab Republic in the US market. It is reported by Bloomberg.
It was assumed that Syria with a large discount would sell oil Venezuela, using the Russian Dummies. She, in turn, was supposed to send raw materials for processing to Aruba, and from there oil products would come to American gas stations.
Bloomberg indicates that the plan mentioned has never been implemented, but it may still be relevant. One of the main roles in the scheme was given to the Venezuelan trader Wilmer Ruperti, who confirmed the agency that he participated in the discussion of the plan.
According to Bloomberg, Ruperti in 2012 recommended the Syrian ambassador in Venezuela to conclude a contract for the supply of 50-200 thousand barrels of Syrian oil per day, as well as rent a storage for 6 million barrels. The negotiations on the transaction were attended by officials of both countries, as well as employees of Citgo Petroleum - units of the Venezuelan PDVSA in the United States. Citgo told the agency that she did not consider and was not going to consider the import of raw materials from Syria, which could violate the sanctions imposed by the United States.
49.9% of CITGO shares are now pledged to Rosneft's Daughters - Rosneft Trading due to a loan of $ 1.5 billion, which the Russian oil company was provided by PDVSA at the end of 2016. At the beginning of April 2017, the US Congress called to check this deal, fearing that Rosneft will control the sixth largest American refinery.