Posted on 10/13/2019 3:12:17 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Russia will find ways to help Cuba secure supplies of oil and petroleum products, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview broadcast on Saturday.
Havana said on Sept. 11 that it had not secured sufficient shipments of refined fuels such as gasoline and diesel for the rest of the month due to sanctions imposed by the United States in retaliation for its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
"I think we will find other ways to help Cuba get oil and petroleum products," Medvedev told Rossiya 1 TV when asked if Russian ships could escort oil tankers to Cuba.
"We discussed this today and agreed that we would draft a work plan for energy supplies to Cuba, bearing in mind conventional energy sources, hydrocarbons, and maybe some other available avenues," he said.
Russia and Cuba have signed an agreement to renovate Cuba's railway system and are also discussing the sale of Russian airplanes to Cuba, Medvedev said, adding that Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, could deliver wheat to Cuba if needed.
"Oil deliveries may be cut off, but if the United States makes a decision to ban food supplies or to put them under control, this is no laughing matter."
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Is Russia still Commie? Why are they still kissing Cuba’s ass?
Yes, I know, I know... it’s tit for tat re Ukraine, Poland, etc. We play in their backyard. They play in ours.
Plenty in Russia
Wow, what a great opportunity to send some missiles to Cuba, along with that oil. I don’t know why nobody ever thought of that before.
Cuba can get ALL the oil it wants on the open market, all they have to do is pay for it! oh, they don't want to/can't pay for it???
the condensed blessings of socialism strike again...
Call J.R. At Ewing Oil, they have sold oil to Cuba in the past.
If Mexico and the USA can find oil in Gulf of Mexico, what is the problem with Cuba?
Stark staring examples of the failure of socialism/communism all around us and the morons here are still calling to implement it.
I thought he was dead.
Maybe we can threaten to put some missiles in Turkey...oh wait...
Why have missiles in Turkey when you already have them in Poland and Romania?
Sorry...I was trying to be funny. 1962 redux.
The difference with 1962 is missiles weren’t deployed to Cuba in the end. It won’t be the case now. Russia will have missiles in Cuba or Venezuela or both.
inducin russia to prop up rickety and corrupt regimes at a cost of billions is a great way to bleed Russia of natural and financial resources that it can ill afford ...
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