OREANDA-NEWS  Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, spoke about the special operation of the United States in Venezuela and the abduction of its President Nicolas Maduro. He posted the corresponding post on his Telegram channel.

"Of course, this is rudeness and abomination, or, to put it beautifully, a universal catastrophe in the field of international relations," the politician wrote.

According to the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, Maduro now has two scenarios: either the United States will release him "under a plausible pretext," or "he will become the new Latin American [Nelson] Mandela (South African statesman and politician — Approx. <url>)" and "his name will be included in the tablets of South American history along with [Simon] Bolivar, [Francisco de] Miranda and [Hugo] Chavez." Medvedev believes that the implementation of the second scenario is more likely.

The politician added that even if Trump does not pardon Maduro out of stubbornness after some time, his successor will surely do it under public pressure.

On January 3, US President Donald Trump announced that Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, had been taken out of Venezuela by helicopter and put on a ship bound for New York.

After that, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Washington to release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was previously captured by the US military.