The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in 2019 convinced the American leader Donald trump in their assessments of the political forces of Venezuela, says former US presidential Advisor for national security John Bolton in his book. Reported by Mediaite.
According to statements by Bolton, during a telephone conversation between the two presidents, Putin compared the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guido with the candidate of the US Democratic party on the presidential elections in 2016 Hillary Clinton. The objective of such comparison was the support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, ex-adviser.
these statements of Putin "has largely convinced trump," says Bolton.
In October 2019, it became known that Bolton is going to write a book about her tenure as national security adviser. Trump has dismissed him a month before, explaining his decision to a strong divergence of views on national security.
21 January 2019 in Venezuela, mass protests began. As a result, the leader of the opposition Huang Guido illegally declared himself interim head of state. A number of countries headed by the United States acknowledged Guido head of state. In turn, Russia, China, Turkey and several other countries have supported Maduro as the legitimate President.
