Russian foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria zaharova stated on Tuesday that the United States demonstrated a complete disregard for international legal Norms by seizing the plane of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro according to Sputnik Maria zaharova said the US confiscated the presidential aircraft of Venezuela which was undergoing maintenance in the Dominican Republic once again they have shown a complete disregard for international legal Norms under the guise of Might makes right they are sending a signal that the US can Seize The Sovereign assets of another country on September 2nd the US Department of Justice announced that us authorities had seized president maduro's plane in the Dominican Republic Washington accused the plane of being illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the US for the use of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro and his associates the seized aircraft in the Dominican Republic has been brought back to Miami Florida in the US