Maduro speaks by phone with Putin to give him his support and "reinforce" their strategic partnership

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's backing

for his main ally in the midst of the bombings against Ukraine: the Bolivarian revolution and

will continue to strengthen the "Russian-Venezuelan strategic association and the execution of joint projects", with contacts at various levels.

"Maduro expressed his strong support for the decisive actions of

", the Kremlin highlighted today in a statement after the telephone conversation between the

of Venezuela and his partner Vladimir Putin. During the call they agreed on the "destabilizing attitude of the US and NATO", previously condemned from Caracas.

Currently,

and drone pilots participate in the armed conflict on the border with Colombia, in which the Venezuelan army supports the ELN and FARC Second Marquetalia guerrillas in their confrontation with the dissidents of the Tenth Forehead.

The guerrillas are fighting to keep this transcendental drug trafficking corridor.

In addition, Moscow became Maduro's main ally to avoid US and European sanctions, even benefiting from the smuggling of gold from the Venezuelan Mining Arc.

"Vladimir Putin shared his assessments of the events around Ukraine, noting that the objectives of the special military operation are the protection of civilians in Donbas, the recognition by Kiev of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and the sovereignty of Russia on Crimea, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of the Ukrainian state, and the guarantee of its neutral and nuclear-free status," the Kremlin said.

In the previous hours, only

supported Russia in the UN Human Rights Council, in an attempt not to discuss the brutal invasion of Ukraine.

Even before the Russian attack began, Maduro had made his position very clear: "Venezuela announces its full support for President Vladimir Putin in defending peace in that region!

" Maduro shouted in TV.

"Maduro knows perfectly well that the greatest support in recent years for his regime has been from Eurasia, even more than from Cuba. Closing ranks with Putin only shows that he has no intention, if he ever had one, to advance in reforms that allow some type of democratization, which shows that this economic opening is not a sign of political openings. A perestroika without glasnost," political scientist Walter Molina Galdi told EL MUNDO.

"What this support for the invading Russian regime does, in the end, is

and even open the curtain for new sanctions from the US and Europe," added Molina.

Negotiations in Mexico are suspended by order of Maduro after the extradition of his alleged figurehead Alex Saab to the United States.

Later it has been known that the false diplomat also served as an informer for the DEA (US Drug Enforcement Agency).

Norway, a country that has served as a facilitator of dialogue between government and opposition, today supports the Ukrainian cause.

Russia was one of the facilitating countries at the Mexico table.

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