The Trump administration directed its “maximum pressure” campaign in Venezuela toward Russia on Feb. 18, announcing sanctions against the trading and marketing arm of Rosneft, the state-controlled Russian oil giant that has taken over an increasing share of Venezuela’s own state-owned oil industry and reaped huge profits from exporting its crude.
Washington Post: Trump targets Rosneft for helping Venezuela export oil
A picture taken on Nov. 15, 2016 shows the building of the ministry of economic development in Moscow.
