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Thu May 21, 2026, 08:04 AM Thursday

Russia Says It Will Support Cuba as U.S. Tightens the 'Noose' [View all]

By Reuters

May 21, 2026, at 5:12 a.m.

MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia ⁠said ⁠on Thursday that ⁠it would provide active support to ​Cuba despite attempts by the United States ‌to intimidate and tighten ‌the "sanctions noose" around the Communist‑run island ⁠republic.

The ⁠United States announced murder charges against former President ​Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington's campaign against Cuba, where Castro's communists ​have been in charge since his late ⁠brother Fidel ⁠Castro led a ⁠revolution ​in 1959.

"We will continue to provide the most ​active support ⁠to the fraternal Cuban people during this extremely difficult period," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.

"We reaffirm our ⁠full solidarity with Cuba and strongly condemn any attempts ⁠at gross interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, intimidation, and the use of illegal unilateral restrictive measures, threats, and blackmail."
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-21/russia-says-it-will-support-cuba-as-u-s-tightens-the-noose


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