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US imposes sanctions against Rosneft Trading

US imposes sanctions against Rosneft Trading
US imposes sanctions against Rosneft Trading

 The United States has introduces sanctions against Rosneft Trading, S.A and its President Didier Casimiro linked to sales of oil from Venezuela, a high-ranking official of the US Administration said on Tuesday.

The US Treasury Department has introduced sanctions today against Russia’s Rosneft Trading, S.A and its President Didier Casimiro because it acted as an intermediary in global sales of Venezuelan oil, she said.

Assets of Rosneft Trading, S.A and its President Didier Casimiro in the United States will be blocked in view of the Washington’s decision to impose sanctions on the company, the official added.

The United States informed Russia in advance of its intention to impose sanctions on Rosneft Trading, S.A., and its president, Didier Casimiro, in connection with the sale of oil from Venezuela, a high-ranking US official said in a special telephone briefing for journalists.

"I would only add that US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday in Munich, and they discussed this. And the US ambassador in Moscow John Sullivan yesterday met with the Minister of Finance Siluanov, to discuss this," the moderator said.

Source TASS

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