dont know about roy but there were other articles (last week or so) stating that venezuela/russia are setting up a development bank with offices in venezuela, russia and china...

who knows what the hell they're doing? c'mon buyout!

Buyout would make sense if you assume GRZ will be bought out as well (in lieu of arbitration). Then Venezuela could establish joint partnerships with the Russians and Chinese on various mining projects and establish gold backed reserves in the newly created commie bank.