Sputnik: With the recent introduction of the Venezuelan Petro, is this really a way of decentralizing a money source to enact a monetary transaction, getting around supposed sanctions from the USA? How successful on the face of it will could this strategy be for Venezuela and will other countries like Iran, North Korea, and maybe even Russia follow suit, what are your thoughts and feelings on that question?

Sputnik: Now the introduction of this cryptocurrency boasts to promote well-being, bringing power closer to the people, but you can't buy it with the Venezuelan Bolivar, so, therefore, asking the question, it's not really a cryptocurrency at all; it's just a way of raising hard currency externally due to the grave economic conditions prevailing in Venezuela at the moment and further preventing the country from accessing the international markets. What's your specific feeling on the currency then?
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