MOSCOW — Russia said on Wednesday that new U.S. sanctions on a subsidiary of Russian oil giant Rosneft over Venezuela were a violation of international law and that they would not affect Moscow's ties with Caracas. The Kremlin was commenting after Washington tightened financial restrictions on Venezuela, blacklisting a Rosneft subsidiary that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has said provides a lifeline to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government. (Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Susan Fenton)

Source: International New York Times February 19, 2020 09:45 UTC