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12.02.26 - 21:06
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Russia To Send Oil To Cuba Amid US-Imposed Blockade (ZeroHedge)
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Russia To Send Oil To Cuba Amid US-Imposed Blockade
Russia is preparing to rush urgently needed oil to Cuba under what officials describe as a "humanitarian" arrangement, according to a report Thursday by the pro-government newspaper Izvestia.
The Russian Embassy in Havana told Izvestia that "as far as we know, Russia is expected to supply oil and petroleum products to Cuba as humanitarian aid in the near future" - amid the island's worst energy crunch in years.
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After decades of already crippling sanctions, President Trump's latest Executive Order "imposes a new tariff system that allows the United States to impose additional tariffs on imports from any country that directly or indirectly provides oil to Cuba."
The most devastating move has been to block the ability of the post-Maduro Venezuelan government to send supplies to Cuba. Caracas was Cuba's chief oil supplier.
Key airlines have stopped flights into Havana's main international airport for ...
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