I think his intent is pretty much to try to get the Russians entangled in the mess he is making and force their involvement if war breaks out between him and his South American neighbors.
I wouldn't put it past him to even stage an attack on Russian military assets in the country and try to frame the US or Colombia for it to bring Russian in. The guy is certainly dumb enough (and crazy enough) to try such a stunt given the past crap he has done.
If Russia was wise they would stay the hell out of that mess, as it almost certainly won't be worth the price (aside from increasing US Russian tensions).
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