Deputy head of the State Duma, Oleg Nilov, equates U.S. withdrawal from Syria with the battle of Stalingrad, says Americans are “capitulating.” Now, Nilov says, Russia will reap its dividends in oil — from Syria, Iran, Venezuela.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2e2kuMi-M
Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia’s Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document seen by Reuters on Saturday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-pdvsa-banks-exclus-idUSKCN1PY0N3
Are we surprised?