Moscow/ Havana/A Cuban immigrant with mental disorders was detained in Red Square when he tried to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the newspaper today. Moskovski Komsomolets.
According to the newspaper, the police in charge of monitoring the area around the Kremlin this Thursday noticed a foreigner who was behaving strangely.
When trying to communicate with him, they discovered that he only spoke Spanish and through an online translator they established that the Cuban claimed to be “king of several countries” and that, therefore, he wanted to see Putin.
The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was hospitalized because his behavior suggested a psychiatric disorder.
The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was hospitalized because his behavior suggested a psychiatric disorder.
Later, the police learned that the Cuban had already been fined and expelled from Russia in 2022 for working without a valid permit.
Currently there is no statistical data on the number of Cuban immigrants who are in Russia, although various sources, including the United States Congress, affirm that up to 25,000 Cuban citizens have arrived. enlisted in the Russian Army to participate in the war in Ukraine.
Since last June 30, and although the Island continues to be part of the visa-exempt countries, the entry and exit policy to Russia was updated and Cubans must complete a registration on-line via the RuID app.
The application must be submitted at least 72 hours before arriving in Russia, although the possibility of doing so with just four hours’ notice is contemplated if one of the indicated emergencies is documented, such as illness, death or serious treatment for a family member.
To register in the Unified Identification and Authentication System, the purpose of the trip, the planned period of stay, the regions planned to be visited and whether minors are traveling with the applicant must be declared.
