The Kremlin spoke of Russian mercenaries in Venezuela: "Fear has big eyes"

January 28, 2019

From the Russian headquarters, they broke the silence after spreading the version in different media according to which 400 fighters had moved to protect Nicolás Maduro.

Russia has broken the silence regarding the alleged sending of mercenaries from that country to Venezuela in order to protect Nicolás Maduro and they denied any form of military support to protect the Bolivarian regime.

"For his positions that do not"Said the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, which referred to versions that circulated in different media. "Fear has big eyes," said the manager.

Statements of Peskov were registered in the official program "Moscow Putin. Kremlin", Which is broadcast on Russian public television, after several media in the country and agencies, such as Reuters, have claimed that mercenaries were part of the private organization Wagner, a paramilitary group that has conducted similar missions in Ukraine and Syria.

Guaidó's father had to escape from Chavez Venezuela and is a taxi driver in Tenerife.

The information of the alleged mercenaries gave them Yevgeny Chabaev, a man who defined himself as a Cossack leader, a member of the Russian social network Vkontakte, badured a private Russian company "emergency group of 400 people"Who then traveled to Caracas.

In dialogue with the AFP agency, Evgeny Chabayev, he claimed to be "the only individual who is openly fighting for rights"The alleged Soviet mercenaries and claimed that the objectives of the mission of Venezuela They are not clear.

The conflict in Venezuela worsened last week, when Juan Guaidó, 35, has been proclaimed acting president to consider fraudulent takeover of Maduro on January 10, in the middle of political and economic crisis that crosses this country.

At once United States He came out to give his support and with that they joined Argentina and Colombia, in the countries of America. At the same time, Russia and China, with veto power in the Security Council, were loyal to Maduro.