Russia's Foreign Ministry said that the U.S. has used the term 'restoration of democracy' in order to 'promote its own interests' around the world and Venezuela was the latest example.
Russia has warned of new U.S. moves against the government of Venezuela, where the military has been placed on high alert in response to recent actions by the country's neighboring Washington-backed rival.
"Apparently, the United States, having become convinced of the failure of displacing the legitimate Venezuelan authority by force, is trying to put together a new strategy to 'restore democracy' in this state," Zakharova added."Now this slogan is being used to justify the creation of a parallel government in violation of all the norms of a law-based state."
President Donald Trump's administration has increasingly applied political and economic pressure on Maduro, announcing its strictest set of sanctions yet last month. Last week, the State Department announced the creation of a Venezuela Affairs Unit tasked with"the restoration of democracy and the constitutional order in that country, and the security and well-being of the Venezuelan people" from its headquarters in Colombia.
Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly leader and self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaidó gestures in front of a screen depicting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a session at the National Assembly in Caracas, September 3.
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