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12.02.26 - 02:18
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Russian Airlines Suspend Flights To Cuba, Begin Evacuation Of Citizens, Over Fuel Crisis (ZeroHedge)
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Russian Airlines Suspend Flights To Cuba, Begin Evacuation Of Citizens, Over Fuel Crisis
Another major blow has hit Cuba as its economy gets decimated by US-led sanctions, and as Trump's embargo of vital Venezuelan oil for the island continues rolling downhill (Mexico had quickly followed suit by halting its oil to Cuba as well).
Amid the fuel shortage which has caused mass disruptions and flight stoppages at the main hub José Martí international Airport, two of Russia's largest airlines have announced the suspension of flights to Cuba.
Russian aviation file image
Moscow has already declared operations to evacuate all Russian tourists and citizens who wish to leave, and so outbound-only flights to bring them home have been authorized.
Rossiya, part of the Aeroflot group, and Severny Veter (Nordwind), are impacted - and the outbound-only evacuation flights have been authorized to begin Thursday.
The airlines said they are being forced to redirect flight routes in the region "due to ch...
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11.02.26 - 19:09
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Russia Will Stick To Nuclear Arms Limits If US Does The Same (ZeroHedge)
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Russia Will Stick To Nuclear Arms Limits If US Does The Same
One of the globe's biggest developing stories this month, but which has been largely underreported in mainstream TV networks and other press, is the collapse of New START - the last major nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow will in good faith stick to the nuclear limits outlined in the now-expired arms control treaty, provided Washington does the same.
via Kremlin/Brookings
It expired earlier this month after Washington declined to respond to President Vladimir Putin's proposal for a one-year extension capping both sides' nuclear arsenals.
The Trump admin has long wanted a more comprehensive agreement which brings China's arsenal into the scope; however, there's been no formal process on this front with Beijing or Moscow.
Lavrov said Russia has no intention of rapidly expanding or deploying additional weapons, clarifying remarks from ...
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