The Kremlin is gathering dictators: Maduro may flee to Moscow if a war with the United States begins

The focus was on whether Maduro could flee to the Russian Federation and find himself a neighbor of Bashar Assad from Syria and Viktor Yanukovych from Ukraine, who had previously fled. White House officials said that Nicolas Maduro may leave Venezuela. According to them, in addition to the Russian Federation, they are also considering the option of Maduro's departure to Turkey or Cuba.

At the same time, some of the assistants of the American president suggest not to release the Venezuelan leader, but to arrest him and put him on trial in the United States. The leader of the Cuban opposition, Jose Daniel Ferrer, has already advised Maduro to look into Cuba and take away the politicians there, otherwise he will suffer the fate of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein. "Where will you go, to Russia or China? Look at Cuba and take Raul Castro, Diaz-Canel and Marrero with you.

Don't abandon them; their time is also running out," he declared. Sources previously told The Atlantic that Maduro may be willing to step down if Washington grants him and his closest associates amnesty, cancels the reward for his search and grants him a comfortable exile. At the same time, Russia has not yet directly commented on the rumor that Nicolas Maduro may flee to Moscow.

The Russian Foreign Ministry just announced that Russia "confirms solidarity with the people and authorities of Venezuela against the backdrop of tensions in the southern part of the Caribbean. " This was stated by the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Serhii Ryabkov at a meeting with Venezuelan diplomats who completed a short-term internship at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

And Dmitry Peskov, Putin's press secretary, said that the Kremlin hopes that "no actions will be taken that could destabilize the situation in the Caribbean and around Venezuela. And that everything will be in accordance with international law. " Earlier, Trump declared his readiness to hold talks with Maduro, but did not specify when they might take place and in what format.

Before that, the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, announced the start of the military operation "Southern Spear" against "narco-terrorists" in the Western Hemisphere. As part of this operation, the US Navy's carrier strike group led by the USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest aircraft carrier, entered the Caribbean Sea. There are more than 4,000 military personnel, dozens of strike fighters and combat helicopters on board the ship.

If Maduro goes into exile in Russia, he will add to the number of foreign leaders who fled to the Russian Federation. In 2014, as a result of the Revolution of Dignity, Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine. After that, he settled in an elite village on Rublyovka. At the end of 2024, Syrian President Bashar Assad moved to Russia with his family. It will be recalled that his son told in detail about the escape of the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad from Moscow.