Not the same but reminds me of Russia stealing Yukos and sending Mikhail Khodorkovsky to jail, Caracasmay be just as important to Chavez, think the people of Venezuela are whipped, and Venezulan on this board or reading in, will like to hear your comments

"THE first time the Kremlin privatised Russia's oil industry was a tragedy. Capitalism was shamed as Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other "oligarchs" grabbed giant firms in rigged auctions in the 1990s. Under Vladimir Putin history has repeated itself as farce. The Kremlin's campaign against Mr Khodorkovsky and Yukos, once Russia's leading oil firm, has been economically damaging and politically embarrassing. The final act in this sordid drama will be the listing by Rosneft, a state-owned oil company that bought most of Yuganskneftegaz, Yukos's main subsidiary, through another dodgy auction at the end of 2004"