A huge Russian plane has arrived in Venezuela and opposition believes that Maduro will use it to remove gold reserves

MOSCOW – A giant Russian plane arrived in the last hours

Venezuela

in the middle of
upset against the government of

Nicolás Maduro.

This finding has sparked the interest of social networks and the opposition has denounced the fact that President Chavez wants to send abroad the country 's gold reserves.

The Boeing 777, with a capacity of 400 pbadengers, belongs to the Russian company Nordwind Airlines and arrived Monday night. Wednesday morning, he stayed at the airport of Maiquetía, on the outskirts of the capital.

A representative from Nordwind confirmed the arrival of the plane, but refused to reveal who had rented it, what was his cargo or his route.

The opposition legislator, José Guerra, former director of the central bank, said that sources from the monetary authority had informed him that the plane had been hired to transport 20 tons gold, or about 15% of cash reserves in Caracas.

Guerra said in front of the legislature that it was necessary to take the event with the utmost seriousness, adding that the reserves do not belong to Calixto Ortega, president of the central bank and close friend of Maduro, but at home.

Principal ally

Russia is leading a group of opponents in Washington who have ruled in favor of Maduro and have accused Washington of staging a coup by recognizing the president of the country. National Assembly controlled by the opposition, Juan Guaidó, during his proclamation to the presidency pbaded.

Guaidó said the constitution authorized him to badume the interim presidency and to call elections, saying that Maduro had taken office for a second term after elections considered by many to be illegitimate.

Russia is one of the main creditors of the Maduro government, which supplies arms. The state company Rosneft has big investments in Venezuelan oil.

It is believed that this is the first time this plane flies to Venezuela. Flight data indicates that your usual routes are in Russia and Southeast Asia.

AP