Other sub upvotes full Russia derangement syndrome to say “Putin owns Trump” and is unserious about actual international law. Russia has no use for Panama canal as it has access to both oceans.

That doesn’t mean Russia is going to defend Panama, just as they did not sink US carrier fleet off coast of Israel to protect middle east. The desperately sycophantic are the ones staying silent over this, and the ones offering higher colonial tributes to stay abused, instead of closer relations to Russia and China as counterbalance to this blatant evil.