Russia considers power shift in Bolivia a coup, but will work with Anez as interim president – Deputy FM

Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Events leading to Bolivian president Evo Morales leaving office had all the features of a coup d’etat, Russia’s deputy foreign minister has said. But Moscow will be working with interim president Jeanine Anez until the election.

“We view everything that preceded the power shift [in Bolivia] as actions that equal a coup,” Sergey Ryabkov told reporters at the BRICS summit in Brasilia.

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