Picture of Paulo Roberto Costa, then director of Brazil's oil company Petrobras, on December 19, 2005 in Rio de Janeiro
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Picture of Paulo Roberto Costa, then director of Brazil's oil company Petrobras, on December 19, 2005 in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - A detained former director of Brazil's Petrobras has named dozens of lawmakers and senior officials said to have received kickbacks from the state-run oil giant, in revelations which could damage President Dilma Rousseff as she seeks re-election next month.
The allegations, detailed in major Brazilian newspapers Saturday and reported to be part of a scandal involving as much as $4.5 billion, come with Rousseff battling to regain the initiative from environmentalist Marina Silva, whom polls see as winning an October 26 run-off vote.
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