Posted on 06/02/2019 8:26:56 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
MOSCOW—Russia has withdrawn key defense advisers from Venezuela, an embarrassment for President Nicolás Maduro as Moscow weighs the leader’s political and economic resilience against growing U.S. pressure. Russian state defense contractor Rostec, which has trained Venezuelan troops and advised on securing arms contracts, has cut its staff in Venezuela to just a few dozen, from about 1,000 at the height of cooperation between Moscow and Caracas several years ago, said a person close to the Russian defense ministry. The gradual pullout, which has escalated over the last several months, according to people familiar with the situation, is due to a lack of new contracts and the acceptance that Mr. Maduro’s regime no longer has the cash to continue to pay for other Rostec services associated with past contracts.
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Russia wants to partner...
China’s interested in trade talks...
North Korea’s freaking out they’re gonna be left behind.
Seems the world is coming to the conclusion Trump’s going to win in 2020...
When the US abandoned freedom fighters, it was mostly the CIA making promises they did not have the authority to give.
Good news...
Manuro needs to go.
the other issue is that Venezuela’s decrepit petroleum production, processing and shipping infrastructure is going to require many, many billions of dollars of hard currency to revive, billions that Russia doesn’t have ...
Trump gave Russia a few weeks to let Russia pull out recover some gear that was put there in the Obama days and save face.
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