Russia to help beef up Venezuela's armed forces - RIA cites official
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Russia plans to take steps to strengthen Venezuela's armed forces, RIA news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Friday.
Russia is a staunch ally of embattled socialist President Nicolas Maduro and has backed him alongside China, while most western powers have backed opposition leader Juan Guaido.
"I want to underline that I am talking specifically about work with equipment which was delivered there," Ryabkov was quoted as saying.
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