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Russia to send naval squadron, planes to Venezuela
Russia today said that it will send a naval squadron and anti-submarine patrol planes to Venezuela this year for a joint military exercise in the Caribbean, a deployment that comes amid increasingly tense relations with the United States.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said the exercise was planned before Russia’s war last month with Georgia “and it’s unrelated to the current political situation and the developments in the Caucasus.”
“If this exercise takes place, it won’t be directed against interests of any third party,” Nesterenko said at a briefing.
The announcement was made just a week after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would mount an unspecified response to recent U.S. aid shipments to Georgia.
— Associated Press
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By mec
September 8, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this
Looks like the Russian Empire is on the move again and reminding the United States who is boss. They seem confident that the democrats will sweep the next election and, as far as the legislature is concerned, its a pretty safe bet.