US-Russian spat over bombers landing in Venezuela
Source: BBC
US-Russian spat over bombers landing in Venezuela
11 December 2018
Russian and US officials have been involved in a spat over the landing in Venezuela of two Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
The two Tu-160 bombers landed in Venezuela on Monday in a Russian show of support for the government of socialist President Nicolás Maduro.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said it amounted to "two corrupt governments squandering public funds".
The Russian government called his words "completely inappropriate".
The long-range strategic bombers landed at Simón Bolívar airport outside of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Monday along with two other Russian planes.
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Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino (first row, second from left) welcomed the Russians