Kremlin dismisses Trump tweet on alleged Venezuela withdrawal
WSJ report says that Russian state defence contractor Rostec has cut its staff in Venezuela
04 June 2019 - 17:52
Moscow — The Kremlin said on Tuesday it did not know where US President Donald Trump had got the idea that Moscow had removed most of its military specialists from Venezuela, who it said continued to work there.
Trump tweeted on Monday that Russia had told the US it had removed “most of their people” from Venezuela, where Moscow has maintained close military and economic ties with socialist President Nicolas Maduro...
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