On April 2, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...
This move will reinforce the political agreements which presidents Hugo Chavez and Dmitry Medvedev signed in 2008 in Venezuela and in 2009 in Russia.
Putin has met with Chavez more than once, but it will be his first visit to Venezuela.
Most agreements to be signed this time provide for cooperation in oil and gas production and refining, nuclear power plant projects, supplies of cars, trucks and aircraft, and establishment of joint banks. They are almost ready, with only technical details outstanding.
It seems that Hugo Chavez holds some special attraction for the expansive Slavs, but friendship with them could be dangerous for the Venezuelan president. The United States is already looking with alarm at his growing oil, military, economic, nuclear energy and other ties with Russia and nascent relations with Belarus.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who visited Venezuela and Brazil in late March, said that Venezuela was a strategic partner, which
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