{"id":48304,"date":"2026-01-04T04:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/48304"},"modified":"2026-01-04T04:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T04:57:43","slug":"russia-urges-us-to-release-venezuelas-maduro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/48304","title":{"rendered":"Russia urges US to release Venezuela&#8217;s Maduro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:300px\">\n<p><strong>Russia on Saturday condemned the US attack on Venezuela urged it to release its leader Nicolas Maduro, who was grabbed during a military operation in and around Caracas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly urge the American leadership to reconsider its position and release the legally elected president of the sovereign country and his wife,\u201d the Russian foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of statements, the ministry called for dialogue between Washington and Venezuela\u2019s leftist government and expressed \u201csolidarity\u201d with Venezuela\u2019s people. It stopped short, however, of offering immediate military or financial assistance to its ally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, the United States committed an act of armed aggression against Venezuela. This is deeply concerning and condemnable,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pretexts used to justify such actions are untenable. Ideological hostility has triumphed over businesslike pragmatism,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow, one of only a handful of countries to congratulate Maduro on his disputed re-election in 2024, described reports of the embattled Venezuelan leader\u2019s capture by US forces as \u201cdeeply alarming\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela is Russia\u2019s closest partner in South America and a major buyer of Russian military hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow on Saturday rejected as \u201cfake\u201d reports that Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez was in Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/russia-urges-us-to-release-venezuelas-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia on Saturday condemned the US attack on Venezuela urged it to release its leader Nicolas Maduro, who was grabbed during a military operation in and around Caracas. \u201cWe strongly urge the American leadership to reconsider its position and release the legally elected president of the sovereign country and his wife,\u201d the Russian foreign ministry said. 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