Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday, after a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, that the socialist, South American nation will begin to import 60,000 tons of wheat starting immediately. The socialist system is collapsing in Venezuela under a mountain of corruption which has led to social unrest….
Russia has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, the NS Columbus, in the Caribbean and is attempting to garnish oil delivered to storage facility on St. Eustatius, an island near St Maarten. The Russian shipping company Sovcomflot successfully prosecuted a case against the Venezuelan oil giant PDVSA in a St. Maarten…
Russian media is reporting this morning that plans are well underway for Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifles to be manufactured under license in Venezuela. Production is expected to start in 2019 and all tooling equipment is already on site. However, the building contractor for the new plant had to be replaced…