Donald trump signed a decree on the freezing of assets of Venezuelan authorities in the jurisdiction of the United States, including in this list the country's Central Bank and the state oil company, PDVSA, reported in a statement on Tuesday by the White house text of the document.

Under the "Venezuelan authorities" the decree refers to " the state and the Venezuelan government, any political subdivision, Ministry, or their structure, including the Central Bank of Venezuela and PDVSA ".

The blocking of assets starts from the 5th of August.

USA January 28, announced the introduction of penalties relative to the National oil and gas organization PDVSA, blocking the assets and desires of the organization in his jurisdiction at 7 billion dollars, and banned contracts with them. According to the White house, another eleven billion dollars is lost to oil supplies.

on the background of economic decline, which is Venezuela, and pressure from the United States at the beginning of the year there was a coup attempt. It began with mass protests against President Nicolas Maduro. The leader of the opposition, head of the National Assembly Juan Guido illegally declared himself the temporary head of the country, and the United States and certain other countries immediately told about his confession.

Russia, China, Turkey and several other countries endorsed Maduro as the legitimate President. In the capital of Russia "presidential status" of Guido called non-existent.



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