Source: US News & World Report
“Russian President Vladimir Putin met Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday in the Kremlin, where he said that new restrictions imposed on the communist-run island were ‘unacceptable,’ Russian state news agencies reported. A senior Russian diplomat said last week that Moscow would provide aid to Havana, including material assistance, to help navigate a U.S. attempt to starve the island of oil. ‘Now is a special period, new sanctions. You know how we feel about this,’ Putin told Rodriguez, according to the TASS news agency. ‘We do not accept anything like this.'” (02/18/26)