The Russian Government admitted this Wednesday that continues analyzing the possible supply of oil to Cubawhose population is going through a severe crisis aggravated by the oil blockade of the US against the Government of the island.
“There are such proposals, which are currently being studied by the Government,” declared Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Nóvak, according to the agency. TASS.
He added that the matter is being evaluated by the intergovernmental commission for the development of economic-commercial cooperation between Russia and Cuba, he said. EFE.
Putin’s support for Havana
Possible energy aid was discussed last week in Moscow when Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
“You know our position on the matter. We do not accept anything similar,” he said. Putin during the meetingin reference to the new US sanctions against Cuba, considered by Moscow as unacceptable.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov confirmed that the meeting addressed the concrete help that Russia could provide to Havanabut no details were offered.
Previously, Lavrov and Rodríguez called for dialogue with the United States and asked it to renounce its plans for a naval blockade against the island, something that The Trump Administration has recently been paused.
Contacts in progress for oil shipment to Cuba
In this scenario, Moscow recently announced that it maintains contacts with the Cuban authorities and that the supply of oil to the island is planned, something that has not happened since the shipment of 100 thousand tons of crude oil in February 2025.
However, the Russian Embassy in Cuba denied this Sunday information about a alleged immediate shipment of oil.
The diplomatic headquarters assured that the information attributed to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs “is false.”
“The Russian Foreign Ministry has not published any statement of this type,” stressed the Embassy, which recommended obtaining information through official sources and asked “not to be fooled.”
The denial included an image of a publication that spoke of a Russian ship transporting 200,000 barrels of oil to Havana “in the framework of humanitarian and energy cooperation” between both countries.
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Impact on air transport and tourism
The fuel crisis in Cuba, aggravated by the Trump Administration’s oil blockade, has had direct effects on the air connection with the island, including the one that links Havana with Moscow.
Several airlines, including Russian ones that operate towards the island, have been forced to cancel their flights due to a shortage of jet fuel.
Currently, Russian companies have temporarily suspended their air operations to Cuba.
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Russia It is the second largest source of tourists to the island, after Canada, with 131 thousand travelers in 2025.
Faced with this situation, the Kremlin has assured that it is seeking solutions together with the Cuban authorities and that it will do “whatever possible” to help Cuba face the serious energy crisis it is going through.
