Russia has promised to provide active support to Cuba after the United States escalated tensions by filing murder charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro.
Russia announced on May 21 that it will provide active support to Cuba despite attempts by the United States to tighten the “sanctions noose” around the island republic. The move follows Washington filing murder charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro on May 20.
According to the Straits Times, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the US actions as an attempt at intimidation. “We will continue to provide the most active support to the fraternal Cuban people during this extremely difficult period,” Zakharova told reporters.
She added, “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.” Zakharova accused the US of showing a “cynical embodiment of the revived Monroe Doctrine.”
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