With the end of the era of the Donald Trump presidency having, up until now, done little to ease the pressure in Washington to remove the Maduro administration from office in Venezuela, Caracas would appear to be in the midst of consolidating its already close ties with Russia, Moscow having proven to be a strategic ally during the difficult years.
Last week it was announced that arising out of a recent visit to Venezuela by a delegation from the Kremlin, led by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov and meetings with President Nicolas Maduro and other high officials of his government, the two countries signed agreements on energy, trade, finance, transport and military cooperation, among others that will form part of a broader ten-year agenda of engagements between them.