Charles Maines
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571 appearances
56 recordings
3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3d ago
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In a statement, Russia's transport ministry says the vessel had received temporary permission to sail under the Russian flag back in late December.
Russia lost contact with the vessel after, according to Moscow, U.S.
naval forces boarded the ship in violation of freedom of navigation principles laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Separately, Russia's foreign ministry is calling for the safe return of Russian nationals on board.
The U.S.
had been in pursuit of the tanker for nearly two weeks on suspicion it was carrying sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
In a statement, Russia's foreign ministry called the Trump administration's pretext for attacking Venezuela unfounded.
It said if reports of Maduro's capture were true, the U.S.
actions marked an unacceptable assault on Venezuela's sovereignty.
Despite such expressions of support, Moscow has stopped short of challenging the U.S.
more forcefully.
amid a months-long pressure campaign by the Trump administration against the Venezuelan leadership.
The Kremlin reportedly rebuffed a request by Nicolas Maduro for direct military assistance in the fall, a result, analysts say, of Moscow's desire to maintain good relations with the Trump administration as it tries to broker its own peace deal for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the idea Russia had dismissed the U.S.
peace plan outright, saying Putin's give and take over U.S.
proposals was a normal part of the negotiating process.
Peskov said Moscow remained open to future meetings to narrow differences, but that Russia preferred diplomacy out of the public eye.
The comments came after a late-night marathon meeting between Putin and White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin failed to reach a compromise.
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