The name of the lawyer appointed by Maduro at the trial in New York has become known.

David Wikstrom became Maduro's appointed lawyer. CNN reported this on January 5, citing a source.

"David Wikstrom will be appointed as the lawyer of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for his first appearance before a judge in New York today," the article says.

Earlier in the day, Maduro was taken to New York federal Court to face charges. Prior to that, it was reported that the Venezuelan president was being taken away from the colony in Brooklyn. The politician was taken to a helicopter pad in Manhattan, from where he was moved to the first hearing in the drug trafficking case.

Anna Osipova, a guide and translator from Venezuela, told Izvestia on January 5 that the situation in Caracas remained tense after the abduction of the country's leader. At the same time, there are no mass riots in the city, its streets are almost empty.

Prior to that, the Russian Embassy in Caracas said that Russian citizens should refrain from traveling to Venezuela unless absolutely necessary. The report clarified that the recommendation is related to possible repeated attacks by the United States on Venezuela.

On January 4, US President Donald Trump said that the United States believes that it will not need to conduct a second military operation in Venezuela. At the same time, the American leader stressed that the country is fully prepared for such actions, if necessary. In addition, Trump called Venezuela a dead country and said that Washington should restore it.

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On January 3, Trump announced that the United States had successfully launched a large-scale strike against Venezuela. He noted that the President of the republic, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, Celia Flores, were captured and taken away from the territory of the state.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the US leadership to release Maduro. In addition, the Ministry also stressed the need to create conditions for resolving existing problems between the parties through diplomatic means.

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said on January 4 that most of Maduro's security personnel died as a result of US actions. According to him, the Venezuelan parliament will start working normally on January 5.

Retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis said on January 3 that the reasons for the US military attack on Venezuela were completely fabricated. He noted that Washington would hardly have remained silent if such actions had been taken against their country, and added that even the way the operation was executed and executed spoke for itself.

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