Putin Backs Maduro, As Kremlin Critics Cheer U.S. Support For Venezuela's Opposition
President Vladimir Putin phoned Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro to express his support. But Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called President Trump's decision to back Juan Guaidó "outstanding."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov resorted to his trademark sarcasm when asked by reporters about the Trump administration's decision to recognize an opposition politician as Venezuela's lawful leader, in place of sitting President Nicolás Maduro.
In its "paranoid anxiety" about interference in its own elections, the United States is once again trying to decide the fate of another country, Lavrov said during televised remarks during a
