베네수엘라에 모습 드러낸 러시아 비행기가 금도둑?...마두로 망명? Russian airplane in Venezuela sparks rumors of gold theft by Maduro ally
Russian airplane in Venezuela sparks rumors of gold theft by Maduro ally
By Bob Fredericks January 31, 2019 | 12:54pm | Updated
The sudden appearance of a Russian jetliner at an airport in Caracas this week fueled rumors that embattled President Nicolas Maduro’s ally was going to help him swipe 20 tons of Venezuela’s gold reserves.
A Boeing 777 plane owned by Russia's Nordwind Airlines/Reuters
베네수엘라에 모습 드러낸 러시아 비행기가 금도둑?...마두로 망명? 이번 주 카라카스의 한 공항에 러시아 여객기가 갑자기 모습을 드러낸 것은 니콜라스 마두로 대통령의 동맹인 러시아가 베네수엘라의 금 매장량 20톤을 빼가는데 도움을 주기 위한 것이라는 루머를 부채질했다. 호세 게라 베네수엘라 의원은 트위터에 월요일 카라카스에 착륙한 러시아 보잉 777기가 중앙은행에서 금을 운반하기 위해 있었다고 주장했다. 이 금은 약 8억 4천만 달러의 가치가 있으며, 이 나라의 금 보유고의 약 20%이다. 엘비라 나불리나 러시아 중앙은행 총재는 목요일 베네수엘라의 금이 강경 좌파 사회주의자 마두로가 강력한 후원자인 러시아로 망명한다는 보도를 일축했다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Cheol Hwang, conpaper editor, curator |
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Venezuelan lawmaker Jose Guerra claimed on Twitter that the Russian Boeing 777, owned by the airline Nordwind, that landed in Caracas Monday was there to transport the gold from the country’s central bank.
Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina on Thursday shot down reports that Venezuela’s gold was winging its way to Russia, a staunch backer of the hard-left socialist Maduro.
And Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters Thursday that she could not comment on the airliner, “which was not sent for official goals.”
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“I can say that this is not about evacuation of Russian diplomats, or their family members or Russian citizens that are employees of overseas agencies or companies,” she said.
Guerra is a former central bank economist who reportedly remains in contact with former colleagues.
The gold is worth about $840 million and is roughly 20 percent of the country’s gold reserves.
Maduro’s government is under increasing pressure from the US, which has backed self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó’s effort to force Maduro from power.
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