In addition to the simmering issue of alleged Russian election interference in the US, the two powers are also engaged in two flaring proxy disagreements. The first is in Venezuela, where Washington is helping to topple Nicolas Maduro, who is a close ally of Moscow. The second is in Iran, where Putin has said that any armed intervention by the West would be a “catastrophe.”
https://www.rt.com/news/462513-putin-trump-talks-steamroll/
Venezuela headlines I can find:
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Venezuela lawmaker Juan Requesens charged over drone attack - BBC News
Reuters · 22 hours ago
Disappointed Venezuelans lose patience with Guaido as Maduro hangs on
Venezuela crisis: US announces sanctions against Maduro’s son
2 days ago
Russian air force plane lands in Venezuela: report
1 week ago
International community condemns the death of a Venezuelan Navy captain in government custody
1 day ago
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday that Iran is not the cause of instability in the Persian Gulf and that sanctions against the country are “unlawful.”
Iran’s oil exports, the government’s main source of revenue, have been hit hard. President Donald Trump reimposed heavy economic penalties last year in response to what his administration calls “malign activity” in the Middle East. In May, his administration ended the granting of waivers to the remaining importers of Iranian oil with the aim of slashing the country’s crude exports to zero
Venezuela to blend domestic, imported oil to keep exports afloat: oil minister
Reuters
ReutersJuly 2, 2019, 10:36 AM CDT
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#Iran BOASTING about breaching its critical limit on nuclear fuel under its 2015 deal.
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says MAXIMUM PRESSURE is our only option