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Russia sending second ship with oil to Cuba amid US blockade

Al Jazeera · · 500 words · By AFP; AP; Reuters
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“Russia sending second ship with oil to Cuba amid US blockade”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cuba–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-кубинские отношения, Spanish: Relaciones Ruso-Cubanas) reflect the political, economic and cultural exchanges between Cuba and Russia. These countries have ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–Russia_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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_…
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“Announcement comes days after Russian tanker brought some 700,000 barrels of crude to Cuba in response to energy crisis”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cuba–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-кубинские отношения, Spanish: Relaciones Ruso-Cubanas) reflect the political, economic and cultural exchanges between Cuba and Russia. These countries have ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–Russia_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of Cuba (Spanish: Presidente de Cuba), officially the president of the Republic of Cuba (Spanish: Presidente de la República de Cuba), is the head of state of Cuba. The office in its cur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Cuba
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“Russia plans to send a second ship carrying oil to Cuba, the Russian energy minister has said”
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“Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said on Thursday that the cargo was being loaded and would be brought to Cuba”
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“Cuba is in a total blockade; it’s been cut off. Whose shipment of oil made it? A Russian vessel broke through the blockade”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 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
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cuba–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-кубинские отношения, Spanish: Relaciones Ruso-Cubanas) reflect the political, economic and cultural exchanges between Cuba and Russia. These countries have ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–Russia_relations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia and the United States maintain strategic foreign relations since the establishment 1991, a continuation of the relationship the United States has had with various Russian governments since 1803…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia–United_States_relations
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“His comments come just days after a Russian-flagged tanker carrying about 700,000 barrels of crude docked in Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday”
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“US President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed a fuel blockade of Cuba but granted a waiver to allow this week’s delivery for humanitarian reasons”
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“Cuba has endured weeks of blackouts, fuel rationing and food shortages since the Trump administration earlier this year threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sold or provided oil to the country”
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“The blockade, which came into effect following the US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January, has been decried by Cuban officials as 'cruel'”
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“Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Perez-Oliva told Russian network RT that Havana and Moscow 'have begun efforts to achieve stability in fuel supplies'”
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