The head of Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA, Asdrubal Chavez, and Venezuelan vice-president and economy minister Delcy Rodriguez are visiting Russia today to “deepen strategic alliances,” Reuters reported , citing a statement issued by the Venezuelan information ministry. Russia’s Interfax reported the Venezuelan delegation will meet with Russian entrepreneurs during their visit. Russia, along with China, is one of very few allies the government in Caracas has left. State energy giant Rosneft had a joint venture with PDVSA for years before it was forced to up and leave the country after the United States targeted two of its subsidiaries with Venezuela-related sanctions. Yet Russia did not exit Venezuela. Soon after Rosneft announced its pullout, Moscow set up a new state-owned company named Roszarubezhneft, which received Rosneft’s Venezuelan assets. According to Reuters, Venezuela is trying to secure new oil deals with its ally under a new law passed recently by […]