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Venezuela's State Oil Company to Open Moscow Office This Month

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Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA plans to open an office in Moscow this month, Interfax cited Venezuela's oil minister as saying on Thursday during a trip to the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

Caracas said earlier this year that it was moving its Lisbon-based office to Moscow in order to safeguard the country's assets.

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