Russia alleges US preparing for military intervention to topple Maduro govt

Russia believes the United States is preparing a military intervention in Venezuela, the RIA news agency cited the secretary of Russia's Security Council as saying on Tuesday.

Nikolai Patrushev was also cited by the Interfax news agency as saying Russia had agreed to a proposal from Washington to hold consultations on Venezuela, a close ally of Moscow, but the United States had repeatedly postponed them on invented pretexts.