Rodriguez's main messages were that Maduro is still President of Venezuela, and that the government will not yield to the US' attempt to take over its oil resources.

Again, no indication at all that she's collaborating with Washington, which Trump indicated was the case earlier today.

12/12: Conclusion: Russia’s economy is alive but fragile. The buffers from 2022 are gone. Trust, liquidity, and confidence are now holding together a fragile system teetering on the brink. In this state, one major shock wouldn’t be absorbed, it would push it off the edge.

Budanov: “For the US, the main adversary is China.

“They consider the deepening of cooperation between China and Russia a serious threat.

“Therefore, there is a need to try to pull the Russian Federation away. There is nothing extraordinary here.

“The whole world doesn’t live for Ukraine.”