Russia ready to help Cuba lift US blockade — Foreign Ministry
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced its support for Cuba's efforts to have the United States lift its trade and economic blockade. This statement followed a meeting between Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla during a BRICS event in New Delhi.
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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Russia is ready to support Cuba in its efforts to get the United States to lift its trade and economic blockade of the island”
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Multiple independent web search results and press releases confirm the Russian Foreign Ministry's stated readiness to support Cuba in lifting the US blockade.
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— The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации; MOD) is the governing body of the Russian Armed Forces. The president of Russia is the commander-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Russia)
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— The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; Russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД России, romanized: Ministerstvo inostrannykh del Rossiiskoi Feder…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(R…
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— The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (Russian: Министерство внутренних дел, МВД, romanized: Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del, MVD) is the interior ministry of Russia.
The MVD is resp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(…
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“Minister Sergey Lavrov’s meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on the sidelines of the BRICS ministerial meeting in New Delhi”
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The meeting between Sergey Lavrov and Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla in New Delhi during the BRICS ministerial meeting is confirmed by multiple web search results and press releases.
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— The general debate of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 23 September 2025 and ran until 29 September. Leaders from a number of member states addressed the U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_debate_of_the_eightiet…
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— The General debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 24 September 2024 and continued until 28 September, returning for a last day on 30 September 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_debate_of_the_seventy-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_debate_of_the_seventy-…
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— This is a list of foreign ministers in 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_ministers_in_2…
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“The Russian side expressed its readiness to provide assistance to Havana... for removing Cuba from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism”
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Multiple sources, including TASS and other reports, confirm Russia's expressed readiness to assist Cuba in being removed from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
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— State-sponsored terrorism is terrorist violence carried out with the active support of national governments provided to violent non-state actors. It contrasts with state terrorism, which is carried ou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-sponsored_terrorism
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— "State Sponsors of Terrorism" is a designation applied to countries that are alleged to have "repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism" per the United States Department of State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-designated_state_sponsors_o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-designated_state_sponsors_o…
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— A United States embargo has prevented U.S. businesses and citizens from conducting trade or commerce with Cuban interests since 1960. Modern diplomatic relations are cold, stemming from historic confl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_…
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“The situation in Cuba deteriorated dramatically in late January 2026, after the US administration announced an energy blockade of the island”
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The claim is directly supported by a Wikipedia entry specifically detailing the '2026 Cuban crisis' and an American fuel blockade, as well as TASS reports.
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— An oil shortage and economic crisis is taking place in Cuba, caused by an American fuel blockade. The island is dependent on imported oil, mostly from Venezuela and Mexico; after the 2026 United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis
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— Modern diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States are cold, stemming from historic conflict and divergent political ideologies. The two nations restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–United_States_relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–United_States_relations
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— A United States embargo has prevented U.S. businesses and citizens from conducting trade or commerce with Cuban interests since 1960. Modern diplomatic relations are cold, stemming from historic confl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_…
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“Cuba’s national power grid failed three times in March, leaving the entire island without electricity for days”
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The failure of the power grid three times in March 2026 is reported by TASS and corroborated by the Wikipedia entry on the 2026 Cuban crisis.
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— On 17 March 2024, protests began in Cuba, primarily in Santiago de Cuba, the country's second largest city, in protest of food shortages and power outages.
The country experienced what was described a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2024_Cuban_protests
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— Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Cari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba
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— An oil shortage and economic crisis is taking place in Cuba, caused by an American fuel blockade. The island is dependent on imported oil, mostly from Venezuela and Mexico; after the 2026 United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cuban_crisis
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“the country is seeing acute shortages of gasoline and diesel fuels”
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Acute shortages of gasoline and diesel are reported by TASS, Anadolu Ajansı, and other news sources describing the energy crisis.
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— Fuel shortages exacerbated by the US oil blockade on the country have left hospitals unable to function normally and forced schools and government offices to close.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7pyrj0vx7o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7pyrj0vx7o
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— He called the situation in Cuba "acute and critical." Fuel shortages have caused extended power outages across the country.Cuba is experiencing a severe shortage of gasoline and diesel fuel.
https://tass.com/world/2130645
https://tass.com/world/2130645
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— The Cuban government announced Tuesday that it will liberalize fuel prices, ending the fixed-price regime on energy commodities amid US economic sanctions and worsening fuel shortages. Cuba is facing …
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/general/cuba-is-out-of-fuel-…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/energy/general/cuba-is-out-of-fuel-…
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“A number of foreign air carriers suspended flights to Cuba due to the lack of jet kerosene at its airports”
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Multiple independent sources, including Global News and reports on Air Canada and Air Transat, confirm the suspension of flights due to aviation fuel (kerosene) shortages.
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— Air Canada is suspending its service to Cuba due to an ongoing shortage of aviation fuel on the island. This suspension follows threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries …
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659404/air-canada-suspends-flig…
https://globalnews.ca/news/11659404/air-canada-suspends-flig…
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— MONTREAL — Air Canada is suspending service to Cuba because of a shortage of aviation fuel on the island, saying it will send empty flights southbound to pick up about 3,000 travellers to bring them h…
https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/air-canada-suspends-…
https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2026/02/09/air-canada-suspends-…
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— Air Transat, like other carriers, has been notified by Cuban authorities of a temporary suspension of kerosene refuelling at the country’s airports, the airline wrote in a notice Monday morning. Howev…
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2227157/travel-to-cu…
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2227157/travel-to-cu…
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