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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Russia Deploys Troops to Venezuela



Follow the Money

  • Funny how oil makes every power on earth sit up and take notice.
  • The Russians are making some moves with a token force to protect their billions in Venezuelan investments.
  • After U.S. protests I suspect Putin with offer to withdraw his token force in return for guarantees for Russian investments.


RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES reportedly deployed to Venezuela over the weekend as the regime of President Nicolas Maduro continues to face intense pressure from a U.S.-backed political opposition.

Two Russian military planes touched down outside the capital Caracas on Saturday carrying nearly a hundred troops and military staff, and 35 tons of cargo, according to media reports. Russian state news service Sputnik, citing an anonymous source, dismissed the deployment as "nothing mysterious" and said the officials were planning to discuss "defense industry cooperation" with their Venezuelan counterparts.

It's unclear what was included in the cargo the Russian planes brought. The political crisis in Venezuela in recent months has been defined by intense shortages, and widespread power and communications blackouts.

Russia and Venezuela have maintained a close relationship since the administration of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and the two countries remain significant trading partners, particularly for the vast oil resources Moscow needs. They have engaged in a series of joint military exercises in recent months, and Russia in December deployed two long-range strategic bombers days after Maduro visited the Russian capital.

Despite billions of dollars in investments, the extent to which Moscow has any serious sway over the goings on in Caracas remains unclear.

Experts continue to question the extent to which Moscow can sustain conventional operations far from Russian shores, following assertions that it can still project military power across the globe. It has, however, succeeded in faraway economic influence, including through its state-owned Rosneft oil giant's investing billions of dollars in Venezuela's oil market.

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Don't Listen To The Chest Beaters
Don't let the warmongers run this debate. The Russian Army (see below) is small and hardly able to defend their massive frontiers of thousands of miles. Any forces sent overseas are tiny and more for propaganda than fighting. 


Putin Bikinis
The photos were taken on a Crimean beach.
(cairogossip.com)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Let them have it.. ONLY the Russians can actually stick the boot up the Governments @$$ .. "WE" can't do it.. to much "touchy-feely" here.... Its going to take someone with BALLS to straighten that mess out