"In a week that has seen yet another Russian-aligned regime unravel, the United States launched a slick, well-planned operation in Venezuela, whatever one's view on the ethics, removing President Maduro from power. At the same time, Iran is once again sparking with unrest that could rid the country of the autocratic extremism Moscow chose to align itself with. Taken together, these developments mark a shift in the global balance that the Kremlin has never truly faced before."
"This comes after Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, Russian forces withdrew amid growing uncertainty, and Moscow effectively lost its only warm-water naval facility at Tartus, a strategic foothold it had spent a decade securing. Both Venezuela and Iran openly supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both were held up by the Kremlin as evidence that Russia was not isolated, that an alternative bloc to Western power was forming. Today, both look unstable, distracted, or in danger of collapse altogether with Venezuela also an aspiring BRICS member."
The United States executed an operation that removed President Maduro in Venezuela. Iran is experiencing unrest that threatens the regime aligned with Moscow. Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, Russian forces withdrew, and Russia lost its warm-water naval facility at Tartus. Venezuela and Iran had openly supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine and were presented as allies, but both now appear unstable or at risk of collapse, with Venezuela seeking BRICS membership and controlling vast oil reserves. Russia remains bogged down in Donbas after over eleven years of war, facing sanctions, rising costs, forced mobilization, public apathy, and growing internal dissent. The Kremlin increasingly uses the term 'Russophobia' to deflect criticism and silence debate.
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