‘Any person can raise his eyes to the sky and say he’s the pope’: Putin on Venezuelan opposition’s election-rigging claims

‘Any person can raise his eyes to the sky and say he’s the pope’: Putin on Venezuelan opposition’s election-rigging claims “Any person can raise his eyes to the sky and say that he’s the pope, or something like that. It cannot happen like that. There are certain electoral procedures…We believe that President Maduro ran fair and square, he put together a government and we wish him and his government every success…and we truly hope that Brazil and Venezuela have a bilateral discussion and find a solution,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his end-of-BRICS-Summit press conference, commenting on Brasilia’s rejection of the results of July’s presidential elections in Venezuela. “We know Brazil’s stance. Our positions do not coincide with Brazil on matters [related to] Venezuela. I’m saying that openly. We’ve spoken about that on the phone the day before yesterday with the president of Brazil. I have very good and I believe friendly relations [with him]. Venezuela is fighting for i... Source: Sputnik International