All they are doing is playing on each others ego and as it has been from time immemorial, it will be till the future between the United States and Russia. The approach they are using is "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" that's why Venezuela feels free to relate with Russia rather than other country not knowing that whatever Russia is doing is like a testing ground while they use Venezuela as the guinea pig. If this can render the sanction of the United States ineffective, it then give everyone including Russia a clue and a way out in going heads on against the United States and if it doesn't it means Venezuela will have to suffer more economic devastating effect.
This is also considered the tactics of the heads of those countries. The only thing we see is the information on the mass media. And the details hidden in it we have not really understood. It's just like the showbiz wants to be famous to use scandan to succeed. And politics is the same. Consider carefully the information and consider the new situation to come to a conclusion.