The National Assembly of Venezuela denounced the mysterious Russian plane that landed in Caracas to take away 20 tons of gold

"We receive information from BCV officials: a plane has arrived from Moscow in which it is expected to extract at least 20 tons of gold. We ask BCV for details about what is happening. This gold does not come from Calixto Ortega, but from the Venezuelan people ", says the tweet published from the official minutes of the National Assembly and signed by the MP José Guerra, who has extensive experience working at BCV.

Guerra himself launched a second tweet about it: "I want to make it clear that BCV is allowed to exploit gold activities: sell, pledge or trade, but the country has the right to know what kind of transaction it is to evaluate if it suits the country.".

The 20 tons of gold, valued at $ 840 million, correspond to 20% of the total reserves of the South American country, according to the British newspaper The telegraph. Although the supposed fate of these titles is not known, we know that Venezuela owes about 3 billion dollars to Russia.

The Boeing 777 flew for the first time in 1994 and is one of the most powerful aircraft of the American manufacturer. It can carry a load exceeding 70 tons, at a cruising speed of 892 kilometers at the latest at a maximum height of 13,000 meters, with a range of between 9,700 and 15,000 kilometers.

Venezuelan social networks and media spoke about the possible withdrawal of Russian staff stationed in Venezuela or even departure of senior Chavez officials from the countryin the context of a severe socio-economic crisis and a major upheaval following the appointment of opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela in order to call free elections in defiance of the Maduro regime.

The situation has divided the waters of the international community, with The United States, Europe and much of America supporting Guaidó, as well as Russia, China, Turkey and others yielding to the Chavez government.

Moscow, in particular, has given considerable support to Maduro and in recent years has strengthened its commercial and financial relations, including the sale of the latest generation of weapons. In December, the government of Vladimir Putin expressed its intention to establish an air base in this country of South America, during the visit of the Tu-160 nuclear bombers.

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, said he was unaware of any transfer of gold to Moscow, while the Chancellor Sergei Lavrov said "to know nothing about it" and asked to "pay attention to the gossip that circulates", according to the agency EFE.