US EditionPutin reaffirms support for Venezuela’s Maduro over US tensions
Putin assured Maduro of Russia's ongoing strategic support following the U.S. Navy's seizure of a Venezuelan tanker carrying about 1.2 million barrels of oil.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by phone and reaffirmed his support for Maduro's government amid growing tensions with the United States.
- The U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to ramp up pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism.
- Putin told Maduro that Russia would continue to support Venezuela in asserting its sovereignty and peace in Latin America.
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On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his “solidarity with the Venezuelan people” in the midst of growing tensions between Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, and the Trump administration. The Kremlin declared in a statement that Putin spoke on the phone with Maduro and reaffirmed its support for the Venezuelan leader’s policy of “protecting national interests and sovereignty from growing external pressure.” The call comes one …
The U.S. government has imposed a new set of sanctions against relatives of the Venezuelan president as well as several ships carrying oil produced in the country, announced on Thursday 11 December the Treasury Department in a press release. While the Russian president has given his "support" to his Venezuelan counterpart. The UN head calls to avoid any action that could "distabilize" Venezuela and the region. On Thursday evening on national tel…
Russia and its neighbor, Belarus, contacted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, in difficulty, in the context of American President Donald Trump intensifying the pressure to slow it down, which is increasing...
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