INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
while Gonzales was shown as receiving 44.2%.Venezuela has long been an ally of Moscow, and Maduro has repeatedly expressed his support for
Putin both before and after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.Russia, for its part, has supported Caracas in the face of United States sanctions
millions of dollars worth of Russian weapons and military equipment during its oil-based economic boom, which ended in 2014.Moscow and
Washington regularly clash over Venezuela, with Moscow claiming in 2020 that the United States was attempting to create a pretext for a
military intervention there
Maduro accused the opposition of an American-backed plot to assassinate him ahead of the 2024 elections.AFP contributed reporting.
