Putin wants that military base in Venezuela. Not gonna happen.
They don’t really care much about a base there. That is just them screwing with us because we do the same thing around their borders constantly.
This is a pattern with Putin. When we raised the price of a US non-immigrant visa to 160 bucks, he raised the cost of a Russian tourist visa to 160 bucks only for Americans.
When Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two longtime vacation houses the Russian embassy owned, he expelled 35 US diplomats and closed some American R&R spots.
He cares about Venezuela for one reason. It’s a way to do to us, exactly what we do to him.
Their interest in Venezuela is probably fairly fleeting.