Diplomatic Support of the Maduro Regime in Venezuela
Serving Objective 8: Undermining US Foreign Policy in the Western Hemisphere
18 Dec 2025. Following President Trump’s decision to impose blockade on sanctioned oil tankers sailing to or from Venezuela, the Russian foreign ministry says it hopes that the Trump administration will not “make a fatal mistake over Venezuela,” expressing concern “about U.S. decisions that threatened international shipping.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/russia-says-it-hopes-trump-does-not-make-a-fatal-mistake-venezuela-2025-12-18/
Covert and Political Subversion vs. multiple European states
Serving Objective 3: Enhancing internal political instability and polarization within Western states
15 Dec 2025. The head of Britain’s MI6 warns that Russian subversion poses an “acute threat” to the West, “plotting arson and sabotage operations, assassinations, and cyber and drone attacks across Europe.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/world/europe/uk-mi6-russia-chaos.html
Military Support of the Chinese-backed junta in Myanmar
Serving Objective 20: Alignment with China
10 Dec 2025. Intelligence Online reports that in November 2025 the China-backed junta in Myanmar, which is fighting a war against Myanmar’s pro-democracy forces, “received Russian anti-drone equipment, as well as a batch of Orlan-30 spy drones,” with the equipment “already being used against armed opposition groups.”
https://www.intelligenceonline.com/asia-pacific/2025/12/10/moscow-quietly-bolsters-myanmar-junta-s-drone-warfare-capabilities%2C110574451-art
Institutional Development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
Serving Objective 13: Institutional consolidation of the Russian sphere of influence
21 Dec 2025. Eurasian Economic Union leaders approve “a differentiated, opt-in framework for the common financial market,” instead of a previous more centralized scheme involving “establishment of a supranational financial regulator” by 2025 which had been mandated in 2014. They also adopt “a strategic road map extending the bloc’s integration goals to 2045.”
https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/russia-moscow-scraps-plans-common-eurasian-financial-market
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