Overview
- Sergei Ryabkov, speaking in Havana on Thursday, said Russia would not abandon Cuba and would continue energy supplies beyond the first tanker.
- A Russian deputy industry minister said Friday that Russian companies would get access to manage Cuban industrial enterprises.
- The Russia-flagged Anatoly Kolodkin reached Matanzas on March 31 with about 700,000 barrels of crude under U.S. sanctions, which Washington allowed on humanitarian grounds.
- President Miguel Díaz-Canel thanked Moscow for the fuel delivery and said it showed the island is not alone.
- Russia condemned the U.S. embargo and urged taking Cuba off the U.S. terrorism list, saying it will keep a presence in the Western Hemisphere.