The Ministry of Finance added Cuba to the list of states prohibited from doing this. In addition, restrictions apply to Iran, North Korea and the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
On March 18, the Financial Times reported that two ships carrying Russian oil were heading to the island. One of them, Sea Horse, flies under the flag of Hong Kong, although there is evidence that it belongs to the Russian Federation. The tanker is supposedly carrying about 27 thousand tons of Russian liquefied gas and is due to arrive on March 23.
Another ship, Anatoly Kolodkin, flies under the flag of the aggressor country and transports approximately 725 thousand barrels of oil. They are waiting for him in the port of Cuba on April 4.
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After the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Trump said that Cuba had lived “for many years” on “a lot of oil and money from Venezuela,” but that now Venezuela “has the United States.” White House President Donald Trump “strongly recommended” Cuba “make an agreement before it's too late.” In response The President of Cuba said that the United States will not dictate to Cuba what to do.
The media wrote that The United States is seeking to replace the communist regime in Cuba by the end of the year. In particular, Washington intends to weaken it by cutting off the supply of oil that provides Cuba with electricity. In Cuba, January 30th was announced state of emergency after Trump's threat isolate the island from oil supplies.
European diplomats have warned that the US pressure campaign against the Cuban government could trigger a humanitarian crisis on the island of about 10 million people, leading to mass exodus or even famine, it noted. Bloomberg.
In an interview with CNN on March 6, Trump said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be involved in the process of the “fall” of Cuba.
On March 13, the media wrote that Trump was considering alternative to military invasion capture of Cuba, consisting of economic pressure.
