US EditionFormer Trump Adviser Says Russia Offered U.S. Free Rein in Venezuela in Exchange for Ukraine
- During Donald Trump's first term, Fiona Hill testified that Russia proposed a deal to allow the U.S. free rein in Venezuela in exchange for influence in Ukraine, as reported in a congressional hearing from 2019.
- On January 6, Trump announced that Venezuela would transfer up to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., asserting he would control the revenue from this deal.
- Hill mentioned that the Kremlin's informal proposal sought a 'strange swap arrangement' between Venezuela and Ukraine, which was rejected during her visit to Russia.
- Analysts suggest that Putin might consider trading his influence in Latin America for opportunities in Europe, particularly after the U.S. attack on Venezuela.
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According to a former advisor to the US President, Moscow would have suggested such a giving-giving two years before the invasion of Ukraine began, during the Republican's first term. ...
During the first Trump administration (2017-2021), Russian officials would have transmitted to Washington that they would be willing to let the United States pursue its interests in Venezuela, if the US would allow Moscow to do the same in Ukraine, according to former presidential councillor Fiona Hill's statement in a Congress hearing in 2019 named Kyiv Independent.
Russia wanted to trade Venezuela for Ukraine - according to a former Trump consultant, the Kremlin proposed this explosive deal as early as 2019. After the spectacular Maduro arrest by US agents, their statements at that time suddenly gain new explosiveness.
Russia should soon explore the possibilities offered by the fall of the "loving friend" in Caracas, for example with a view to Ukraine. Moscow is said to have proposed a strange deal in 2019.
The White House councillor for Russia and Europe Fiona Hill said in an audience at Congress in 2019 that Russian officials would have suggested to the US administration, during the first term of President Donald Trump, a possible geopolitical change between Venezuela and Ukraine, if the United States had agreed to allow Moscow for freedom of action in Ukraine, it reported AP News and other international media sources. The Mortultry article is be…
The Kyiv Independent
einnews.comRussia offered to 'swap' Venezuela for Ukraine in 2019, Trump adviser testimony claims
Former Trump adviser Fiona Hill's congressional testimony resurfaced after the U.S. attack on Venezuela. Hill claimed Moscow sent signals proposing a "very strange swap arrangement between Venezuela and Ukraine" based on the Monroe Doctrine.
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