"PDVSA denies malicious information designed to confuse the Venezuelan people," - said in a message posted on the company's microblog on Twitter.

đź—Ł # FakeNews # PDVSA desmiente informaciones mal intencionadas pretenden confundir al pueblo venezolano, es # FALSOpic.twitter.com / Q6yxwq2Gt4

- PDVSA (@PDVSA) 17 de febrero de 2019

Earlier it was reported that Gazprombank decided to freeze the accounts of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA and suspend operations with it in order to reduce possible risks due to US sanctions.

It was noted that PDVSA accounts are currently frozen and operations cannot be conducted.