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$ 209 million for weapons: Russia and the United States again quarreled over Venezuela

Presidential adviser on national security, John Bolton, accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of buying “permanent support” of Russia for $ 209 million, writes RBC.

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According to the adviser to the President of the United States, this is a defense contract that was concluded with Russia in May, when "thousands of Venezuelans were starving."

“Maduro is extremely poor in managing the resources of Venezuela. In May, when hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans were starving, Maduro gave Russia $ 209 million for a defense contract to buy their continued support, ”said US National Security Adviser John Bolton on Sunday on his Twitter page.

Where did he get such information, as well as other details of the contract, Bolton did not mention. There were no official communications from either the Russian or the Venezuelan side regarding the defense contract concluded between the countries in May.

On the subject: Voltage is rising between Trump and Putin because of Venezuela

В свою очередь посол России в Венесуэле Владимир Заемский назвал «выдумкой» заявление советника американского президента по нацбезопасности.

“This is another invention, which Bolton apparently needs to maintain the illusion that Venezuela is an imaginary threat, and Russia, of course, is to blame for this,” said Zaemsky.

According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently pointed out that Russia and Venezuela have not recently entered into new contracts.

Russia and Venezuela have long been engaged in military-technical cooperation. In an interview with RIA Novosti in May of this year, Anatoly Punchuk, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (MTC), said that Venezuela is today one of the largest operators of Russian technology in Latin America.

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When asked what contracts are currently being implemented between countries through the PTS line, Punchuk answered:

“Today we see the task in maintaining the equipment we supplied earlier in good condition.” “Given the crisis the country is experiencing, signing contracts for the supply of final weapons and military equipment is unlikely at the moment,” he added.

The last time about the signing of any agreements between Russia and Venezuela was reported in December last year following the results of Maduro's visit to Moscow. The Venezuelan leader then said that Caracas and Moscow "signed contracts to guarantee investments of more than $ 5 billion with our Russian partners in joint ventures in order to increase oil production."

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

  • ПThe Venezuela political crisis escalated after January 23 35-year-old Juan Guaydo, who holds the post of head of the National Assembly of Venezuela, declared himself the leader of the country. Several states, including the United States, have declared recognition of the authority of Guaydo.
  • In response to this Maduro, supported by Russia, announced an attempted coup, severed diplomatic relations with the US and gave the American diplomats 72 hours to leave Venezuela, but then Mike Pompeo said that the diplomats would not go anywhere and stay in the country at the invitation of Guaydo.
  • By March, the situation between the United States and Venezuela worsened, and Washington decided to withdrawal of diplomats from Caracas.
  • Maduro entered the second presidential term in early January 2019 of the year - the opposition boycotted the elections and also accused him of falsifying the vote.
  • Maduro was reelected for a second term in 2018, however, the elections were restless, many opposition candidates were jailed or faced with a ban on participation.
  • During the consideration of the issue on the situation in Venezuela at the UN Security Council, Russia and the United States defended opposing positions, Russia in the end vetoed on the resolution proposed by the American delegation.

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