In reaction to unusual international media questioning over the recent Venezuelan-Russian joint naval exercises, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a strong clarification. "Russia sees no need to set up...
In the first ever military presence in the region after the end of the Cold War, Russia participated with Venezuela in a joint naval exercise called VenRus 2008. This military cooperation heralds the beginning of...
After paying a short visit to Brasilia and meeting Lula da Silva, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to sell helicopters and tanks to Brazil. Both countries agreed on the need to build a new financial...
Prior to the release of first official results on today´s local elections , Russian warships are expected to enter the long Venezuelan Caribbean coasts. Venezuela and Russia have increased their bilateral...
As the expectation of a Russian State visit of Dmitry Medvedev to Caracas increased, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stated Moscow would help his country build its first nuclear reactor. Venezuela and Russian...
Caracas, Venezuela, 23 October 2008. Venezuelan Government quickly rejected an European Parliament resolution issued today on democracy. The Vice Minister for European Affairs, Ambassador Alejandro Fleming...
After a visit to China to increase bilateral commercial and energy relations, Venezuelan President heads to Russia for cementing military cooperation ties. Few weeks ago, Chavez announced Russia military boats and...
" CARACAS (AFP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday he plans to travel to Moscow next week as he hailed a military exercise with Russian strategic bombers as a ""marvelous"" success. ""I...
Caracas, Venezuela, 13 September 2008. Venezuelan President announce today that after attending an UNASUR summit in Chile on Monday to discuss the current Bolivian crisis, he would continue to...
Caracas, Venezuela, 13 September 2008. This morning, nine cooperation agreements were penned at the governmental palace Miraflores. The agreements on agriculture, energy, health, industrial cooperation,...
Updates: On 24 July 2008, Venezuelan President met his Portuguese counterpart, Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Chavez also attended a protocol ceremony to lay wreath on the statute of Simon Bolivar in Lisbon as Venezuela...
Today, Venezuela and Russia gave a more tangible meaning to their strategic partnership during the visit of President Hugo Chavez. Four new deals on oil and gas were signed to further energy security...
Caracas, Venezuela, 24 June 2008. Venezuela and Russia representatives will meet again in Moscow tomorrow to boost bilateral relation within their strategic alliance. Venezuelan Vice President...