Czar Vladimir Putin is no fool, so why did he just hurl three and a half billion dollars into Venenozuela’s economic black hole?

Because he wants Venenozuela’s oil, and all the money he throws at Maduro’s regime allows him to claim it.

So, while Castrogonia continues to supply its colony of Venenozuela with its repressive machinery, Grand Putinia is quickly becoming its sole financial lifeline.

An editorial in The Moscow Times spells it all out: