The words “puppet state” get thrown around far too often.
Countries can be aligned without one of them needing to be fully subservient to the other. Frankly, Russia probably isn’t strong enough to really have Venezuela as some sort of puppet. It isn’t the USSR in charge of the Warsaw Pact anymore. They can’t even keep Georgia fully in their orbit anymore, and it’s on their border.
edit: Now Assad in Syria, that’s an actual puppet.
They just had their dictator steal an election in full view. Inflation is totally out of control and pretty much all the young people have left or are planning to leave.
So he wants to flee to the country currently governed by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, in alliance with the Communist Party of Venezuela?
Putin puppet state. It would be relatively safe for him lol
The words “puppet state” get thrown around far too often.
Countries can be aligned without one of them needing to be fully subservient to the other. Frankly, Russia probably isn’t strong enough to really have Venezuela as some sort of puppet. It isn’t the USSR in charge of the Warsaw Pact anymore. They can’t even keep Georgia fully in their orbit anymore, and it’s on their border.
edit: Now Assad in Syria, that’s an actual puppet.
Wait Venezuela is a Putin puppet state? Could you give me something to read more about this?
Idk that gives Putin too much credit. You could make a case with China. Still Venezuela is reasonably stable on its own.
They just had their dictator steal an election in full view. Inflation is totally out of control and pretty much all the young people have left or are planning to leave.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/03/maduro-russia-china-iran-cuba/
Further, there’s been reports in intelligence communities about Wagner forces helping Maduro subvert elections
Thanks! I can now see why you say that