Russia\u2019s Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev and a senior lawmaker said over the weekend that U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s actions in Venezuela were unlawful and destabilising, while portraying them as a blunt assertion of U.S. interests.
The comments followed Trump\u2019s statement that the United States struck Venezuela and that Maduro and his wife were captured and taken out of the country, prompting international reaction and calls for urgent UN discussions.
Medvedev told TASS on Sunday that Trump\u2019s behaviour was illegal but internally coherent because it pursued U.S. interests.
Medvedev said Latin America was viewed as the United States\u2019 \u201cbackyard\u201d and suggested Trump was seeking leverage over Venezuela\u2019s oil supplies.
\u201cUncle Sam\u2019s main motivation has always been simple: other people\u2019s supplies,\u201d Medvedev said.
He added that if such an operation were carried out against a stronger country, it would be seen as an act of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Russia\u2019s Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev and a senior lawmaker said over the weekend that U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s actions in Venezuela were unlawful and destabilising, while portraying them as a blunt assertion of U.S. interests.The comments followed Trump\u2019s statement that the United States struck Venezuela and that Maduro and his wife were captured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n