Venezuelan oil insiders with access to data from PDVSA put the number slightly lower, depending on production levels in any given month. Venezuela’s oil output has fallen by about 35 percent since the embargo was imposed in January 2019. Russia has also received Venezuelan oil as repayment of Rosneft loans. India is an importer of Venezuelan oil that has resisted U.S. appeals to stop. “The Russians are now acting as the personal Uber drivers for Venezuelan oil,” Dallen said.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2020 23:13 UTC