Russia silent on Venezuela
Hello and Happy New Year! In our first newsletter of 2026, we look at why Russia is trying to bury its head in the sand over Venezuela.
First Assad, now Maduro. Russian allies falling by the wayside.
The New Year has brought new headaches for Russia’s foreign policy. In the space of a week, Moscow not only lost its key ally in Latin America with the capture of Nicolas Maduro, but also saw the US show no signs of hesitation in seizing a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic even despite a Russian navy convoy. Both leaders and propagandists in Moscow are keeping their distance and repeating a familiar mantra: if you ignore it, it will go away.
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