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Caribbean-Latin America
Why is Russia backing Maduro?
2019-01-30
[Twitter-CarnegieRussia]
Listen to the video. A very interesting explanation of the drivers for Venezuela and Syria
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#6  Also thugs gotta thug like the nature of the scorpion
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2019-01-30 11:01  

#5  20 tons of gold reasons?

Yep - it's that simple.
Posted by: Raj   2019-01-30 09:31  

#4  20 tons of gold reasons?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-01-30 08:59  

#3  It transcends logic, ideology, or common sense. Without a second thought, the paranoid Russian will likely take the track least favored by the west. Being agreeable does not suit them.

See 'curb feeler' theory. Oh never mind, I made it up, but you cannot deny it's existence.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-01-30 07:31  

#2  
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-01-30 07:23  

#1  Because Russia is ether an empire or nothing
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-01-30 05:22  

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