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RUSSIA warned Donald Trump military action backing Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido would be a “path to lawlessness and bloodshed”. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said US intervention would be “catastrophic”. Mr Trump waded into the Venezuelan crisis with a bombshell tweet backing Mr Guaido, who declared himself president on Wednesday. Nicolas Maduro, who still lays claim to power after leading the oil-rich nation since 2013, has given US diplomats 72 hours to leave the country. And the US president ramped up the pressure by refusing to rule out military action. Mr Ryabkov said: “We warn against that. “We consider that would be a catastrophic scenario that would shake the foundations of the development model which we see in Latin America. Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico,
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RUSSIA warned Donald Trump military action backing Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido would be a “path to lawlessness and bloodshed”. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said US intervention would be “catastrophic”. Mr Trump waded into the Venezuelan crisis with a bombshell tweet backing Mr Guaido, who declared himself president on Wednesday. Nicolas Maduro, who still lays claim to power after leading the oil-rich nation since 2013, has given US diplomats 72 hours to leave the country. And the US president ramped up the pressure by refusing to rule out military action. Mr Ryabkov said: “We warn against that. “We consider that would be a catastrophic scenario that would shake the foundations of the development model which we see in Latin America. Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico,
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RUSSIA warned Donald Trump military action backing Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido would be a “path to lawlessness and bloodshed”.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said US intervention would be “catastrophic”. Mr Trump waded into the Venezuelan crisis with a bombshell tweet backing Mr Guaido, who declared himself president on Wednesday. Nicolas Maduro, who still lays claim to power after leading the oil-rich nation since 2013, has given US diplomats 72 hours to leave the country.
And the US president ramped up the pressure by refusing to rule out military action.
Mr Ryabkov said: “We warn against that.
“We consider that would be a catastrophic scenario that would shake the foundations of the development model which we see in Latin America.
Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Turkey and China have joined Russia in supporting Mr Marduro.
But Russian lawmakers said US support to oust Mr Maduro from power would be seen as backing an illegal coup d'etat.
The Daily Express