Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zakharova said at a regular press conference on December 25, local time, that Russia strongly condemns America's attempts to destabilize the situation in Venezuela, reaffirms support for Venezuela's Maduro administration, and hopes that US President Trump will show “pragmatism and rationality” and resolve the issue through legal channels. Zakharova said that at present, the legal order in the Caribbean region is in chaos, and some acts of illegal encroachment on other people's property, such as piracy, looting, and banditry, which seem to have long been forgotten, are resurfacing. “We strongly condemn such phenomena and call for the maintenance of the rule of law and stability in the maritime sector.”

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zakharova said at a regular press conference on December 25, local time, that Russia strongly condemns America's attempts to destabilize the situation in Venezuela, reaffirms support for Venezuela's Maduro administration, and hopes that US President Trump will show “pragmatism and rationality” and resolve the issue through legal channels. Zakharova said that at present, the legal order in the Caribbean region is in chaos, and some acts of illegal encroachment on other people's property, such as piracy, looting, and banditry, which seem to have long been forgotten, are resurfacing. “We strongly condemn such phenomena and call for the maintenance of the rule of law and stability in the maritime sector.”