Russia and Venezuela has condemned the United States for it seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker this week. Follow Newsweek live.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sharply condemned the United States on Thursday (December 11) after Washington seized a sanctioned oil tanker carrying 1.9 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, calling it an act of "criminal naval piracy.

The vessel will go to a U.S. port and the United States does intend to seize the oil. However, there is a legal process for the seizure of that oil, and that legal process will be followed.”