Russia Says It Will Support Cuba as U.S. Tightens the 'Noose'

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By Reuters

May 21, 2026, at 5:12 a.m.

MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russia ⁠said ⁠on Thursday that ⁠it would provide active support to ​Cuba despite attempts by the United States ‌to intimidate and tighten ‌the "sanctions noose" around the Communist‑run island ⁠republic.

The ⁠United States announced murder charges against former President ​Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington's campaign against Cuba, where Castro's communists ​have been in charge since his late ⁠brother Fidel ⁠Castro led a ⁠revolution ​in 1959.

"We will continue to provide the most ​active support ⁠to the fraternal Cuban people during this extremely difficult period," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.

"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."
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-05-21/russia-says-it-will-support-cuba-as-u-s-tightens-the-noose


Who respects the United States of America under Trump?

[Irish_Dem]

1. "Tightening the noose" is Trump's favorite pastime.

He loves doing it to everyone, morning, noon, and night.

He gets off on it.

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3. Yes, pervasive.

[cbabe]

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[Irish_Dem]

18. Yes erotic asphyxiation.

Good chance that Trump loves this kind of thing.
And has perhaps killed kids doing it.

[leftstreet]

2. Good for them n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I've been waiting to see if Russia would

come to Cuba’s defense.

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5. Me too, it seemed inevitable.

[orangecrush]

6. Lip service

Putin needs Trump more than he needs Cuba.

I think Cuba has already been given up

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7. I don't know, because that is quite a concession depending on what assurances Trump conveyed to Putin.

[orangecrush]

8. Trump is an asset

Having a sitting President of an adversarial power as your puppet would outweigh Cuba.

I could be wrong.

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9. No doubt I agree with that part, Trump has been a huge asset for Putin.

Trump has backed off from the Ukraine negotiations, for now. Yet, Cuba would be a huge concession, imho, for Russia.

Dark times for Ukrainian citizens and Cubans....horrifying.

[Texin]

16. I don't know. With an "asset" like Trump, who needs another enemy. Donnie Slobfather better watch his six.

Someone could be sneaking up for a poisoned-tipped umbrella ambush.

[malaise]

10. China as well

Rec

[angrychair]

12. All do respect to Russia (not really)

But I don't think I would hang my hat on their support. They are hanging on by their fingertips themselves.
Their military is gutted. Their economy is floundering.
They are in a military death spiral with Ukraine, playing chicken to see who pulls up first or ejects.

If I were Cuba, I wouldn't hold my breath.

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15. Yes. Cuba has very good reasons to be fearful.

[orangecrush]

17. This

[Martin Eden]

13. Murder at sea? Trump has that box checked. Add 160 Iranian schoolchildren to the tally

Trump doesn't give a shit about the victims, or justice, or the Cuban people.

He is a megalomaniacal bully.

There is one way to deal with bullies:
Stand up to them.

[Ray Bruns]

14. "Russia Says It Will Support Cuba"

The question is with what?