Russia pledged much-needed international support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s embattled government Friday, as a bitter standoff over the South American country’s future intensifies.
Wall Street Journal: Russia firms up support for Venezuela’s crisis-hit government
Russian President Vladimir Putin (5R) meets with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro (4L) at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Dec. 5, 2018.