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US sanctions Russian oil company for role in Venezuela

by Associated Press
| February 18, 2020 8:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an embargo on oil from the South American country.

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