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Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:35 PM Oct 2017

Venezuela raises possibility of Russian military help to counter US, after Kremlin meeting today

Confident in Russian aid in the face of more threats from Washington, Maduro thanked Moscow for its help and spoke of the respect and mutual admiration between former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Putin that has continued today. Calling it a win-win relationship, Maduro said cooperation with Russia had made Venezuela’s armed forces "three times stronger over the past 15 years."

Maduro thanked Putin publicly for his ongoing support and called him the true leader of the world.

“Putin is the leader of the emerging world, the world we want to live in. Putin carries the banner of decorum, dignity and peace,” he said.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article177109036.html#storylink=cpy
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