Venezuelan minister to meet Russian government in Moscow on Friday - RIA

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Venezuela's Minister of Industry Tareck El Aissami will hold talks with the Russian government in Moscow on Friday, the RIA news agency cited a source as saying.

Venezuela, an ally of Moscow, is in political turmoil and faces sanctions imposed by the United States.

(Reporting by Katya Golubkova and Maxim Rodionov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Robin Pomeroy)