{"id":2605495,"date":"2026-05-21T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-promises-active-support-for-cuba\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:39:57","slug":"russia-promises-active-support-for-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-promises-active-support-for-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia promises &#8216;active support&#8217; for Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-promises-active-support-for-cuba%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russia saeid it stands \u201cin full solidarity\u201d with Cuba and condemned U.S. actions it described as interference, intimidation, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegal unilateral restrictions<\/a>. The comments came after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s Spanish-language message that some read as urging cubans to overthrow their Communist leadership, as well as after the U.S. Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro, which could provide grounds for further U.S.legal pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The article also contrasts Russia and the U.S. approaches: Russia has long supported Cuba as a strategic partner near Florida, while the U.S. has tightened sanctions and embargo measures aimed at pushing democratic reforms and political change. It notes that under the Trump governance the U.S. cut off oil support and expanded tariff restrictions on third parties supplying fuel to cuba.In response, Russia reportedly increased shipments of oil to Cuba and reinforced ties with Cuban leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio,whose message referenced Cuba hosting Russian and Chinese intelligence,argued the island poses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. ... are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threat<\/a> to the U.S. as it is indeed run by allies of adversaries. He also suggested possible U.S. aid would depend on removing GAESA, a Cuban military-linked conglomerate tied to elite control and repression, framing U.S. policy as opening a \u201cnew chapter\u201d only after that system is dismantled.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a> on Thursday emphasized its \u201cfull solidarity\u201d with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\">Cuba<\/a>, taking sides with the country against the United States as Washington escalates a pressure campaign against Havana\u2019s Communist leadership. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tough rhetoric from Moscow followed Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecRubio\/status\/2057069290637889876\">recent message<\/a> that appeared to tacitly call on the Cuban people to overthrow their Communist government. It also came after the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4576552\/trump-doj-indicts-raul-castro-over-1996-shootdown-of-us-civilian-planes\/\">Justice Department indicted <\/a>former Cuban President Raul Castro, which the U.S. could use as grounds to arrest leadership, as it did with former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4577643\/british-radio-station-apologize-inaccurate-report-king-charles-death\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>British radio station apologizes after inaccurately reporting King Charles\u2019 death<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4577475\/carney-trump-un-teleprompter-conspiracy-theory\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Carney pokes fun at Trump\u2019s UN teleprompter \u2018conspiracy theory\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4576724\/us-denounce-attempted-coup-bolivia-left-wing-strikes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US denounces attempted \u2018coup\u2019 in Bolivia after left-wing strikers paralyze country<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to provide the most active support to the fraternal Cuban people during this extremely difficult period,\u201d Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told \u200creporters during a news briefing in Moscow.\u00a0\u201cWe \u2060reaffirm our full solidarity with Cuba and strongly condemn any attempts at gross interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state, intimidation, and \u2060the use of illegal unilateral restrictive measures, threats, and blackmail.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has for decades crafted a close alliance with Cuba, helping to propel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/communism\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1297\">Communism<\/a> on the Caribbean island just 90 miles from the coast of Florida after \u2060Fidel Castro seized power in 1959. The island republic has played a key role in allowing Russia to assert influence in the Western Hemisphere, making it a \u201cspecial relationship\u201d Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4524244\/russia-diplomat-backs-cuban-president-miguel-diaz-canel-energy-crisis\/\"> vowed last month <\/a>would continue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio spoke about Cuba\u2019s allyship with Russia, saying the regime hosts \u201cRussia and Chinese intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCuba has consistently posed a threat to the national security of the United States, and the other thing that poses a threat to the national security of the United States is to have a failed state 90 miles from our shores run by friends of our adversaries,\u201d<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2057481139774771462?s=20\"> Rubio said from Miami<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, the U.S. has for years sought to target the island\u2019s leadership through a sweeping sanctions regime and trade embargo, due to concerns about the lack of political, economic, and social freedom the Cuban public is afforded under Communist leadership. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"339\">Trump administration<\/a>, the U.S. has ratcheted up pressure on Cuba to adopt democratic reforms, cutting off the oil supply the island was receiving from Venezuela, and issuing an executive order authorizing tariffs against any third-party countries that supply Havana with oil.\u00a0The move prompted Russia to tighten its relationship with its communist ally, with Moscow sending Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4524244\/russia-diplomat-backs-cuban-president-miguel-diaz-canel-energy-crisis\/\">shipments of oil<\/a> to blunt the blockade\u2019s impact. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCuba continues to be the target of brutal economic pressure from the United States,\u201d Zakharova, the Russian spokeswoman, said this week. \u201cThe new restrictions imposed by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> in early May against third-country companies operating on the island of freedom are the latest round of Washington\u2019s pressure policy, the primary goal of which is to strangle Cuba economically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington has openly floated regime change on the island, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4525718\/cuba-president-die-us-invasion\/\">sparking promises <\/a>from Diaz-Canel that he and the public will give their lives \u201cfor the revolution.\u201d President Donald Trump has teased a \u201cfriendly takeover,\u201d though he has indicated that he<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4577004\/trump-freeing-up-cuba-raul-castro-indictment\/\"> does not believe<\/a> it will require military intervention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4493536\/trump-honor-of-taking-cuba\/\"><strong>TRUMP CLAIMS HE WILL HAVE THE \u2018HONOR\u2019 OF TAKING CUBA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Rubio<\/a>, the son of Cubans who left their homeland for the U.S. decades ago, issued the latest update on Cuba-U.S. policy earlier this week, when he seemed to make an implicit call on the country to rise against Communist leadership. The secretary of state issued a five<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamie-lynn-spears-breaks-silence-on-sisters-allegations-of-abusive-conservatorship\/\" title=\"Jamie Lynn Spears Breaks Silence On Sister\u2019s Allegations Of \u2018Abusive\u2019 Conservatorship\u00a0\">-minute video message<\/a> in Spanish, speaking directly to the Cuban public and outlining a path to democracy in the country. The U.S. could supply Cuba $100 million in aid, he said, but suggested the aid would only come if GAESA, the military-business conglomerate founded by Raul Castro that exerts sweeping control over residents, is overthrown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the United States, we are ready to open a new chapter in the relationship between our peoples and our countries, and right now the only thing standing in the way of a better future is those who control your country,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cToday, Cuba is not controlled by any revolution. Today\u2019s Cuba is controlled by GAESA, a \u2018state within the state\u2019 that is accountable to no one, that hoards the profits of its businesses for the benefit of a small elite group. And the only role played by the so\u2011called \u2018government\u2019 is to demand that you continue making \u2018sacrifices\u2019 and repressing anyone who dares to complain.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia urges \u201cfull solidarity\u201d with Cuba as U.S. pressures Havana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2605496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80068,13954,3817,50462,4280],"class_list":["post-2605495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-active-support","tag-cuba","tag-diplomacy","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-russia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Vladimir-Putin.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605499,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605495\/revisions\/2605499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}