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In December 2000, Putin visited Cuba and he along with Fidel Castro called for the lifting of the embargo on Cuba. Russia is still Cuba's leading creditor and the two countries maintain close economic ties with each other. Cuba strongly supported Russia's position in the Russo-Georgian War. In the fall of 2008 Cuba and Russia increased joint ...
Through its ties with Russia, Cuba was granted “observer status” in the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Russia, Belarus and three other post-Soviet states in 2020, but little benefit ...
A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies.. Russian frigate Admiral ...
“We are concerned that Cuba continues to allow its citizens to be exploited in support of Russia’s war,” a U.S. State Department official said. Cuba welcomes Russia minister as ‘a dear ...
In 1943, the same year as the Tehran Conference, the USSR established diplomatic relations with Cuba and Gromyko was appointed the Soviet ambassador to Havana. [33] Gromyko claimed that the accusations brought against Roosevelt by American right-wingers, that he was a socialist sympathizer, were absurd. [ 34 ]
Ambassadors of Cuba to Russia (4 P) R. Russian emigrants to Cuba (1 C, 1 P) Russian people of Cuban descent (1 P) S. Cuba–Soviet Union relations (6 C, 26 P)
So, the calculus is clear: enhance relations with Russia to make the U.S. nervous and get the Russians to help in Cuba’s neverending dire economy. They need oil, food and necessities.
The Kremlin has not commented on the Cuba’s announcement. Russia announced plans last year to boost the size of its armed forces by more than 30% to 1.5 million combat personnel.