{"id":2524129,"date":"2025-12-22T20:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-begins-evacuating-diplomats-families-from-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:07:05","slug":"russia-begins-evacuating-diplomats-families-from-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-begins-evacuating-diplomats-families-from-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia begins evacuating diplomats&#8217; families from Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-begins-evacuating-diplomats-families-from-venezuela%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2524129&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russia&#8217;s Foreign Ministry has begun evacuating the families of its diplomats from Venezuela amid growing concerns that President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro&#8217;s grip on power is weakening. European intelligence sources say Moscow describes the situation in Venezuela in &#8220;very grim tones.&#8221; Even though Russia and Venezuela recently deepened ties-ratifying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-and-north-korea-foster-growing-relationship-with-construction-of-road-connection-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Russia and North Korea foster growing relationship with construction of road connection - ... Examiner\">strategic partnership treaty<\/a> and offering mutual sanctions relief-Moscow&#8217;s ability to assist militarily is limited: Russia is focused on the war in Ukraine and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lacks strong power-projection capabilities<\/a> in the Western Hemisphere. Analysts say Venezuela ranks low on Russia&#8217;s and China&#8217;s priorities, and Russia also wants to preserve ties with Washington to help negotiate an end to the Ukraine conflict. U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco rubio, have said russia&#8217;s support for Caracas does not change U.S. planning.Still, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke with Venezuela&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">foreign minister<\/a> to reaffirm support and warn about U.S. actions in the Caribbean, while the U.S. has moved to block and seize Venezuelan oil tankers and conducted strikes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-is-turning-the-border-into-a-graveyard-for-illegal-immigrants\/\" title=\"The Biden Administration Is Turning The Border Into A Graveyard For Illegal Immigrants\">suspected drug traffickers<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tensions-flare-between-china-india-after-clashes-at-himalayan-border\/\" title=\"Tensions flare between China, India after clashes at Himalayan border\">foreign ministry<\/a> begins evacuating families of diplomats from Venezuela as situation grows &lsquo;grim&rsquo; for ally<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2452505\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russian<\/a> Foreign Ministry has reportedly begun evacuating the families of its diplomats from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro&rsquo;s hold on power grows increasingly fragile.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is one of Maduro&rsquo;s most important allies and has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3926186\/russia-unpredictable-consequences-us-operations-venezuela-fatal-mistake\/\">continually shown solidarity<\/a> with the Latin American nation during the increasing pressure campaign directed against it by President Donald Trump. Outside of its public rhetoric, however, Moscow seems to be growing increasingly concerned with the situation. A European intelligence source <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whec.com\/ap-top-news\/trump-holds-an-event-with-rubio-and-hegseth-during-vacation-as-tensions-with-venezuela-mount\/\">told<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that Russia&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry began evacuating the wives and children of its diplomats working in Venezuela, presumably in preparation for the situation deteriorating further.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4355364\/japan-reopen-nuclear-plant-15-years-fukushima\/\">Japan reopening nuclear plant 15 years after Fukushima<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4355316\/russian-general-assassinated-moscow-car-bombing\/\">Russian general assassinated in Moscow car bombing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4342551\/witkoff-russia-fully-committed-to-peace-kremlin-signals-otherwise\/\">Witkoff maintains Russia &#8216;fully committed&#8217; to peace talks as Kremlin signals otherwise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The official revealed that Russian Foreign Ministry officials assess the situation in Venezuela in &ldquo;very grim tones.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Moscow and Caracas enjoy a fairly close relationship, having recently ratified the Russia-Venezuela Strategic Partnership Treaty and providing mutual sanctions relief. However, Russia&rsquo;s options for assisting its ally if Trump decides to take military action are limited, as its military is focused on the war in Ukraine, and it has few means of projecting power into the Western Hemisphere, even in the best of circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have noted that the flailing Maduro regime, with little legitimacy and an imploding economy, ranks at the bottom of Russia and&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\">China<\/a>&lsquo;s&nbsp;priorities. Russia&rsquo;s need to remain cordial with the&nbsp;Trump administration&nbsp;to try to negotiate an end to the costly war in Ukraine remains its priority with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Washington appears to believe the same. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Russia&rsquo;s relationship with Venezuela isn&rsquo;t playing into the U.S.&rsquo;s calculus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not concerned about an escalation with Russia, with regards to Venezuela,&rdquo; Rubio told reporters. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve always expected them to provide rhetorical support for the Maduro regime &hellip; [but] it&rsquo;s not a factor in how we consider this whole thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Russia has continued to provide rhetorical support for Caracas. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a phone call with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil on Monday, during which they expressed mutual support.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ministers expressed their deep concern over the escalation of Washington&rsquo;s actions in the Caribbean Sea, which could have serious consequences for the region and threaten international shipping,&rdquo; Russia&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry said of the call.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3926186\/russia-unpredictable-consequences-us-operations-venezuela-fatal-mistake\/\">RUSSIA WARNS OF &lsquo;UNPREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES&rsquo; TO US OPERATIONS IN VENEZUELA: &lsquo;FATAL MISTAKE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Russian side reaffirmed its full support for and solidarity with the Venezuelan leadership and people in the current context,&rdquo; it added.<\/p>\n<p>Russian warnings against further escalation last week were brushed aside by Washington, with the Trump administration following through on its threat to blockade oil tankers carrying Venezuelan oil. The United States has seized several, while over 100 suspected drug traffickers have been killed in kinetic strikes on drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since Sept. 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia evacuates diplomats&#8217; families from Venezuela<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2524130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25133770304593.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69271,18165,4280,50813],"class_list":["post-2524129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-diplomatic-evacuation","tag-diplomats","tag-russia","tag-venezuela-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25133770304593.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524129"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524133,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524129\/revisions\/2524133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}