Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025 (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Reuters)
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I joined India’s WION on Tuesday to analyze the latest in the Trump Administration’s confrontation with Venezuela, including a Russian legislator’s declaration that Moscow could supply the new Oreshnik ballistic missile to Caracas.
I cut through the bluster to evaluate the Kremlin’s position. While it is unlikely to supply offensive weapons to the Maduro Government, it is signalling its economic assistance and provision of defensive arms. However, Vladimir Putin is constrained by the costs and lack of progress in his 45-month full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
I return to the macho posturing of Donald Trump and his inner circle, setting it in the context of past US efforts for “regime change” in Venezuela.
