Exclusive: Venezuela skirts U.S. sanctions by funnelling oil sales via Russia
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro is funnelling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to evade U.S. sanctions designed to oust him from power, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters.The sales are the latest sign of the growing dependence of Venezuela's cash-strapped government on Russia as the United States tightens a financial noose around Maduro, who it describes as a dictator. With its economy reeling from..