Russian warships of the Northern Fleet have sailed to the port of La Guaira in Venezuela to stay there “for several days”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The purpose of their presence in the region is to “show the flag and ensure naval presence in important areas of operational action,” the ministry said in a statement. This intermediate stop will last “a few days” before the ships continue to carry out their “missions” in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, he clarified. Among the ships are the Admiral Gorskov frigate, the most advanced frigate in the Russian fleet, which has been in service since 2018, as well as the Akademik Pachine tanker. These ships anchored in La Guaira, near Caracas, according to the Russian announcement. Russia and Venezuela have strong ties. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in February had called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin his “big brother”. He had assured that Putin’s re-election, which […]
Source: News Beast

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