So instead of spending on military component they get to spend on both military and civilian?
And for what? Just because Brazil wants into NATO?
Venezuela is getting sanctioned... a lot of products they bought from the US, like the naptha they need to drill their thick local oil is being cut off with sanctions and they are suffering.
Setting up a Russian trade organisation within a military area means Russian businesses can visit and talk and find solutions to Venezuelas problems... selling them the things they previously got from the US, helping them develop their food industry... lets face it... over the last few years Russia has had experience of going from a food importer to a food exporter... still not perfect, but her experience in building up domestic food production capacity would be valuable to venezuela and probably a few other countries in the region.
A military base on its own is a vulnerable little out post that local Venezuelans might respect or come to despise because it is not useful.
Mixing in a trade mission, and using it for PR in the area will benefit Venezuela and Russia... they could go to the poorer areas and promote Russian products like solar panels, while offering healthcare support via military medical people like they do in warzones... ie afghanistan in the 1980s.
I suspect Russian medical products are much cheaper than American ones or western ones, so an added market for Russian products is a good thing isn't it?
They could let the Chinese join them... Chinese TVs and Russian medicine... growth and more income for the domestic Russian pharmaceutical industry is a good thing isn't it? Investment to develop drugs to cure problems instead of the capitalist money making life long treatment of conditions so you get more money...
Big deal, it's on the other end of the planet. What will they do? Park IRBMs in Brazil? Oh the horror...
Are you kidding... the whole point in trying to overthrow Chavez and now Maduro is because of their good relations with Russia and China... Trump and Obama could care less about the plight of the Venezuelan people...
Quite off-topic, but... Imagine a few russian bases in middle-/south-america (Cuba, Venezuela), africa (Eritrea, Angola), south-east asia (Vietnam, Myanmar), equipped with planes and air defence systems and coastal defence systems and so on. Russia would get some control of important choke points, also the west would go nuts and had to "confront" Russia there instead the concentration of forces along russian borders.
Well as their navy expands and their fleet of long range bombers expands having safe secure places to visit makes sense, and if you can make such bases useful for trade and general relations then they will be a benefit rather than a financial drag like all of Americas foreign bases.
Libya is to chaotic.
Well it is risky, but if they could bring real peace by the mix of force but also talking to all sides they might have a positive influence and snatch peace from the jaws of chaos... and it is not even about oil contracts, but maybe Russia needs to set up some construction companies that can handle foreign jobs that can benefit Russia with rebuilding programmes... such companies can also be used in non war situations to help with major infrastructure projects in poor countries... look at all the roads the Chinese are building throughout africa and the positive effect that is having...
It would create a nice counter for the destroyer of countries like the US, where Russia builds and creates, and promotes peace for the benefit of Russia financially, but also for the country in question that benefits from peace and stability... you know... the stuff the west promises until it gets control of the oil and then it doesn't give a crap.
What I am saying is that the narrative... the Kool Aide high... is something Russia could actually try to deliver for poor countries that need help but realise it is not coming from the west...
oh finally I understand why GB wants to see many huuge CVNs in RuN. To fight Brazil in NATO
Brazil joining NATO is rather unlikely to happen... but if it did you can bet Japan and Australia and Israel would be queueing up to be next.
The RuN doesn't need to go looking for a fight with NATO... NATO is already very good at moving its forces closer to Russia already.
Having established bases around the world that promote trade and good relations with Russia means those CVNs will have places to visit while they are operating...
I am sure the opportunity to visit Cuba and Venezuela would be more appealing to Navy recruits than... sail the northern route till your eyes freeze....
Not talking about imperial bases to keep the government in power or to interfere in elections etc... an airfield and some buildings but nothing that cannot be picked up and dropped on a ship in a day... and sailed back to Russia.
Vietnam will always be frendly to Russia. You can use their own bases like france does in Jordania.
Vietnam would probably want balance, so if Russia got a base there they would likely offer the US a base there too...
Strategically UK will need to move lot of forces around Malvinas in fear of russian invasion, US will need to keep forces in the south to watch the tupolevs and military relations translate into economic relations.
They might feel a bit of the discomfort they have been inflicting on Russia the last three decades as NATO gets closer to Russia... if Russia is not allowed a sphere of influence... they need to expand their relations beyond their borders...
On the other hand asia is fully militarized. There is no space for russia there and it can be involved in a conflict where you have no interests.
There is plenty of trade potential most places... you just need to send businessmen there to find out what they want or need...
There are lots of areas where Russian expertise could be useful to Venezuela and no doubt some areas where Venezuela could help Russia... why not shift their sea based space launch operation south to a much more Russia friendly country than California... pretty sure they would love to enter the space age...
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As for Africa - Libya, Sudan are likely possibility too, Iran ? 
