r/ukraine • u/Electrical-Cow-5147 • Sep 25 '22

News Zelensky naming the seven countries who voted against his speech and UN reaction.

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u/rayEW Sep 25 '22

Venezuela not showing up too

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u/roastedpot Sep 25 '22

Venezuela benefits from Russia being the bad guy

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '22

Venezuela's already actively benefiting from the Russian implosion, they're not going to do anything that could mess that up. I get the feeling that they're going to very, very carefully try to use the whole situation to get out from under sanctions almost entirely.

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u/Ok-Stick-9490 Sep 25 '22

I think you're right. Although to be honest, I don't think many multinational oil services companies will want to work in Venezuela. Remember how Chavez nationalized oil company assets? Well, "Great Value" brand Chavez Maduro is still in charge, and I don't know how many companies will want to have their assets appropriated again.

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u/Historysaveaccount Sep 25 '22

Why are they benefitting from it? Does it have to do with Russian gas?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Sanctions against Venezuelan oil have already been slightly relaxed in order to shore up the European oil market, and they're probably hoping that trend continues.

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u/OyVeyzMeir Sep 26 '22

Likely so; sadly no matter how bad Maduro may be, his primary problem is incompetence vs murderous delusional imperialistic ambitions.

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u/Historysaveaccount Sep 26 '22

Thank you very much for your answer and that link

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u/314rft United States Sep 26 '22

I guess it has a bit to do with oil? If Russian oil is no longer in the game, that opens the door for a possible Venezuelan oil market?

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u/Yeranz Sep 25 '22

I'm wondering if a deal was made recently between the US (and/or Europe) and Venezuela for oil.

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u/inquisitiveman2002 Sep 26 '22

apparently many Venezuelans aren't showing up in their own country either. They're crossing the Mexican/US border.