Despite an attempted betrayal, peace prevailed in Russia, the Venezuelan leader has said
Russian President Vladimir Putin has managed to thwart a civil war in his country, Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday, hours after PMC Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin agreed to stand down and cease his insurrection.
Speaking at an event commemorating the Day of the Bolivarian Army, Maduro reiterated that Caracas stands in solidarity with Putin. The Russian leader “faced an attempted betrayal and civil war, and at this time he is victorious with Russia at peace,” the president said.
“From Venezuela, all our support for President Vladimir Putin, Venezuela’s brother,” he added.
His remarks came after the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, speaking on behalf of Maduro, “strongly condemned” the Wagner Group and its leader Evgeny Prigozhin following their efforts to “promote an armed insurrection… through methods of terrorists.”
