Russia–Venezuela relations

1 week ago - Russia–Venezuela relations include cooperation between Russia and Venezuela in areas of common concern, such as their common status as oil exporters, and policy toward the United States. Venezuela is Russia's most important trading and military ally in Latin America.

2 weeks ago - In his press conference on Saturday, Trump added Cuba to the list of countries in his sights, suggesting it was “very similar” to Venezuela “in the sense that we want to help the people in Cuba”. His secretary of state, Marco Rubio, added that Havana should feel “concerned” in the wake of the events in Venezuela. It accelerates the slide from a mostly rules-based world to one of competing spheres of influence, to be determined by armed might and the readiness to use it. One US commentator, David Rothkopf, called it the “Putinization of US foreign policy”. Russian commentators have frequently suggested that Latin America lies in America’s domain just as Ukraine was under the Russian shadow.

5 days ago - A fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026. STR / AFP · Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday called for the release of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife from U.S.

2 weeks ago - US President Donald Trump said last month that he was ordering a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, a move the government there described as "theft". Two US officials have confirmed to CBS, the BBC's US news partner, that Russia had sent a submarine and other navy vessels to escort the tanker.

2 weeks ago - Instead, it was Donald Trump who pulled it off in Venezuela, in an operation condemned by many as illegal, whisking away the Kremlin’s historic ally Nicolás Maduro, who now faces trial in New York. In public, Russian officials have reacted with anger, condemning the attack as a flagrant violation of international law and a dangerous precedent.

their own way, are frustrating the will of the Venezuelan · people to restore democracy. A poll taken in April 2019 · by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America ... Russia’s increasingly assertive role in Venezuela.

2 weeks ago - Jan 3 (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez is in Russia, four sources familiar with her movements said on Saturday, after President Donald Trump said President Nicolas Maduro had been seized by U.S.

1 month ago - “The Russian side reaffirmed its full support for and solidarity with the Venezuelan leadership and people in the current context,” the statement read.

5 days ago - Russia on Monday expressed "full support" for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers by U.S. forces deployed in the Caribbean, the two governments said.

3 weeks ago - Yes, Russia would make all the expected noises. Its United Nations envoy, Vassily Nebenzia, has claimed that by threatening Venezuela, the US is engaging in “aggressive neocolonialism”. He said it is “cynically imposing its order as it tries to retain global domination and the right to exploit other country’s riches with impunity”.

1 month ago - "Russia backs the Maduro government politically and symbolically, but its real leverage in Venezuela today is limited," Vladimir Rouvinski, Director of Interdisciplinary Research Center (CIES) at Icesi University in Colombia, tells TRT World.

December 13, 2025 - Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

2 weeks ago - Russian officials indicated in 2019 that the Kremlin would be willing to back off from its support for Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela in exchange for a free hand in Ukraine, according to Fiona Hill, an adviser to President Donald Trump at the time.

1 week ago - Russia is reeling from the capture of Nicolás Maduro, a key Kremlin ally, but in Moscow, President Donald Trump’s brazen incursion into Venezuela also represents a return to great-power politics — a world order in which larger, imperialistic states dominate their regional spheres of influence with impunity.

3 days ago - The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a boilerplate condemnation of the military operation and called on Venezuela and the United States to find a diplomatic resolution.[1] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke with Delcy Rodriguez, the former Venezuelan vice president and now president, on January 3, voicing Russia’s support for the Venezuelan people.[2] Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya criticized the military operation in Venezuela as “giving new impetus to neocolonialism and imperialism” — verbiage common to Russian critiqu

2 weeks ago - Russia is offering stark criticism of the U.S. military attack on Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In response, Russia called for a full meeting of t…

6 days ago - Russia has voiced support for Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodríguez after the United States seized leader Nicolás Maduro in a shock military raid on the capital city of Caracas.

2 weeks ago - Russia sent bombers to Venezuela to support Maduro not too long ago, but now the Kremlin has stood by and watched as the US arrested the disputed leader. What does the US surprise attack mean for the war in Ukraine?

4 days ago - The two Russian crew members from the seized Marinera tanker were released at Moscow's request, the Foreign Ministry said. ... Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said officials in Moscow were in “constant contact” with their “ally and partner” ...