"the venezuelan papers may want to look at it ... it's a story that might interest them. "

They may not get the connection unless someone points out the relationship to "VenRus" which Hugo and Sanz have promoted extensively as some sort of direct international alliance between Chavez and the Kremlin.

Most of the Vz media appear to think that Rusoro is an all Russian operation and seem to conveniently overlook the fact that it is listed in Canada and has its headquarters in Vancouver. Of course that view may get them less unwelcome "political attention" than the reporting the real situation.