Russia has denounced that the US and its allies seek to overthrow Maduro

Russia, through its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, today denounced that the United States and its allies are openly seeking to overthrow the Venezuelan president. Nicolás Maduro, as evidenced by the latest "illegal sanctions" against the oil company of the country of Latin America.

"We are alarmed by the fact that the United States and its closest Venezuelan allies, in violation of all international standards, are in fact openly seeking to overthrow the legitimate government of this Latin American country," he said. said the head of diplomacy at a press conference. Russian

He added that this circumstance "does not eliminate the need to defend international law with all existing means" and stressed that Russia, along with other responsible members of the international community, "will do everything to support the legitimate government of President Maduro ".

"We have information that the leaders of the Venezuelan opposition movement who proclaimed dual power were instructed by Washington to make no concessions until the fall of the regime," he added.

He stressed that the latest sanctions imposed by the United States and other countries in Caracas not only aggravated the crisis in this Latin American country, but "incited the opposition to commit illegal acts ", reported the EFE news agency.

"Today we are getting news of new sanctions and the freezing of the accounts of the Central Bank and the Government of Venezuela.Unfortunately, the United States is in the habit of committing illegalities with money. money from third parties, "Lavrov said.

He recalled that Washington had already frozen the badets of Iraq, Libya, Iran, Cuba, Nicaragua and Panama, actions that "involved in most cases the confiscation of resources from the United States. 39, a foreign government ".

Lavrov referred to the annotation "5,000 soldiers in Colombia" appearing in his notebook the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, at the press conference at which sanctions were announced at the press conference. against the state-owned Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), which was captured by the cameras.

"These notes included the phrase" 5,000 soldiers in Colombia. "This also gives an idea, especially when calls are being heard in the United States and other countries to appeal to Venezuela's neighboring countries for intervention. directly under the pretext of a serious humanitarian crisis. "he concluded.