Russia–Venezuela relations

6 days 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 - Russia's reaction to the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been cautious, with Moscow weighing up the potential geopolitical benefits and opportunities of the U.S.' unilateral action against the loss of an important regional ...

1 week ago - helicopters swooped in to snatch President Nicolás Maduro, American officials say, rendering Venezuelan airspace surprisingly unprotected long before the Pentagon launched its attack. The vaunted, Russian-made S-300 and Buk-M2 air defense systems were supposed to be a potent symbol of the close ties between Venezuela and Russia, two rivals of the United States.

6 days ago - Nicolas Maduro was a key ally of the so-called CRINK countries (China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea) in Latin America. But President Trump’s actions in Venezuela seemingly support an attempt to alter the balance of power in the Western Hemisphere.

5 days ago - Oil assets that Russia develops in Venezuela belong to Russia, Moscow said.

1 week 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.

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.

1 week 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?

2 days ago - Yet the Russians failed to warn Maduro of the U.S. operation or to protect him during the raid; instead, they watched from the sidelines. The Kremlin’s impotence in Venezuela follows a familiar pattern that has been on display since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago.

1 week ago - The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic following a dramatic weekslong chase on the high seas. The operation to seize the sanctioned vessel, which changed its name from the Bella 1 to the Marinera after fleeing the American blockade of Venezuela last month, was carried out early Wednesday.

4 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’s actions in Venezuela are “illegal,” but also have a “certain consistency,” Russian Security Council Deputy Chair Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.

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.

2 weeks ago - As Washington seizes Maduro, Russian analysts warn of a bold show of force aimed at Latin America and global stability ... Washington has sharply escalated its military campaign against Caracas, carrying out an operation on January 3 during which US special forces captured Venezuelan President ...

1 week ago - Russia has long been an important strategic partner to Iran in nuclear technology, but it had no answer to the overwhelming display of military aviation used to strike Iran’s atomic facilities. Now, Venezuela, another of Putin’s longtime allies, has been humiliated, eliciting haughty condemnation (but no action) from Moscow.

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.

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.

4 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.