💬"We see rising tensions in the region and consider this potentially very dangerous," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

💬 “Thank God, the European Union is not a legal entity, so it has no legal capacity or competence; it cannot take out loans—it’s simply a group of member states,” Boros said.

💬 “Moreover, in what concerns global oil prices, there may be an impact on the oil markets, given that Venezuela holds the largest oil reserves in the world,” says Dr. Vieira, who is also a lecturer in International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Brazil).

💬 “Venezuela ships oil to China and other Asian markets that are less and less dependent on the United States, and that may trigger some instability,” he reminds.

💬 “So that's why he didn't prioritize Venezuela or international issues in general, apart from the tariffs.”

💬 "The primary source of the growing military threats to the security of the Russian Federation is the collective West, which has not abandoned its stated goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia during a special military operation through comprehensive support for Ukraine's military potential," Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said on Thursday.

💬 "Taking the money of one side and giving it to the other would drag the EU into the conflict. This must not happen. Thankfully, I am not the only one who sees it this way," the Hungarian PM wrote on X.