Moscow/This Sunday, Russian airlines ended the repatriation operation of the almost 4,300 tourists stranded in Cuba due to the energy crisis caused by the embargo imposed by the United States on the Island. “The airlines have completed the repatriation flights of Russian tourists from Cuba,” the Ministry of Transportation reported in a statement on Telegram.
The last plane landed at 5:27 p.m. local time at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, which had to limit the number of flights due to attacks by Ukrainian drones.
It was a flight from the Rossía company (Aeroflot Group) that took off from Varadero – one of the favorite tourist destinations among Russians – and which was “the final flight within the framework of the campaign that began on February 13.”
In total, according to the Ministry, “almost 4,300 Russian tourists” were repatriated from Varadero, Havana, Holguín and Cayo Coco on nine flights.
“Almost 4,300 Russian tourists” were repatriated from Varadero, Havana, Holguín and Cayo Coco on nine flights
“The possibility of resuming flights will be addressed after the normalization of the situation with kerosene supplies,” he added.
On February 11, the Russian Government recommended that tour operators stop selling trips to Cuba, after which the airlines announced that they would temporarily suspend flights.
With 131,882 travelers to Cuba in 2025, Russia is the second largest source of tourists to the Island, after Canada (754,010), which in turn completed the repatriation of its almost 28,000 tourists on Friday.
The Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, addressed the energy crisis in Moscow this week with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, and with his colleague, Sergei Lavrov. “You know our position on this. We do not accept anything similar,” Putin said at the beginning of the meeting.
Bruno Rodríguez addressed the energy crisis in Moscow this week with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov confirmed that the meeting addressed the concrete help that Moscow can provide to Havana under current conditions.
Previously, Lavrov and Rodríguez called for dialogue with the United States, asking it to renounce its plans for a naval blockade of Cuba.
Moscow recently announced that it is in contact with the Cuban authorities and that the supply of oil to the Castro regime is planned, something that has not happened since the shipment of 100,000 tons of crude oil in February 2025.
