The true cost of Nicaragua’s authoritarian survival package
Kherson, Zaporizhzhia regions and Crimea, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina/ Pool Photo via AP) On May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law ratifying a bilateral military cooperation agreement with Nicaragua. This follows years of deepening economic ties with Beijing.
- ▪Kherson, Zaporizhzhia regions and Crimea, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept.
- ▪22, 2025. (Evgenia Novozhenina/ Pool Photo via AP) On May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law ratifying a bilateral military cooperation agreement with Nicaragua.
- ▪This follows years of deepening economic ties with Beijing.
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Opinion>Opinions - International The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill The true cost of Nicaragua’s authoritarian survival package Comments: by Amanda Gordon, opinion contributor - 06/03/26 11:30 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Amanda Gordon, opinion contributor - 06/03/26 11:30 AM ET Comments: Link copied Laureano Ortega Murillo, left, special Representative of the Nicaraguan President for cooperation with Russia, shakes hands with Denis Pushilin, leader of the Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk region during a ceremony to sign cooperation agreements between Nicaragua and Moscow-appointed heads of the Donetsk, Luhansk. Kherson, Zaporizhzhia regions and Crimea, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.
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