“friendship and collaboration” is the justification of the Cuban dictatorship for allowing entry into the waters of Cuba of Russian submarines and frigates, a fact that if it were carried out by USA would be rated by Havana as subordination and servility to imperialism.
It is not the first time that Russian navy ships have been sent to Cubaa key ally of the former Soviet Union during the Cold War which briefly housed nuclear missiles at the behest of Moscow during the so-called “Cuban Missile Crisis” of 1962 during the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
Last July, the Russian navy training ship Perekop arrived in Havana for a four-day visit
The announcement of Cuba It comes days after the president of USA, Joe Bidengive permission to Ukraine to carry out limited attacks inside Russian territory with American munitions. In response, the Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday St. Petersburgwhich in reciprocity, could provide weapons to the enemies of Western countries that support Kyiv.
«In the end, if we see that these countries engage in a war against us, what they are doing directly involves them in a war against Russian Federation“We reserve the right to act in the same way,” he said. Putin.
As is characteristic of an opportunistic and parasitic regime like the Cuban one, it has placed itself at the service of the interests of the Kremlin to provoke Washington with “unarmed” warships according to Havana less than 150 kilometers from US territory.
The Cuban dictatorship sees an extraordinary opportunity in this scenario, possibly the most similar to the Cold Warin which the regime managed to survive due to the financial and military support of the Soviet Union.
The political relationship between these two old allies has been revitalized since November 2022, when the heir to the Cuban dictatorship Miguel Diaz-Canel met in Moscow with the president Putin.
On his last visit to Moscow, Diaz-Canel He wished “success” to Russia in the war with Ukraine and condemned “the geopolitical manipulation carried out by the government of USA and the threat of NATO to approach the Russian borders, quoted by the state news agency TASS.
For its part, the tensions between USA and Russia have increased since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine and Russian naval activity, although routine in the Atlantichas increased according to US officials.
Russian ships are expected to arrive at the port of Havana between June 12 and 17
However, USA does not consider the arrival of a small number of planes and ships threatening, but the US Navy will supervise the exercises, he told Reuters an American official.
Russian investment in medicines
Curiously, on the same day of the announcement of the next entry of these Russian forces into Cubahe Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, for its acronym in English) announced that it will invest 11.3 million dollars so that the Cuban state company BioCubaFarma develop drugs against geriatric and oncological diseases.
This investment would form part of the cooperation agreements signed between the RDIF and a consortium made up of the Cuban firm and Russian pharmaceutical companies during the International Economic Forum which is celebrated these days in the Russian city of St. Petersburgaccording to state media on the island.
The general director of the RDIF, Kiril Dmitrievexplained that the volume of investments can increase up to 113 million dollars.
Cuba and Russia They signed a dozen agreements in different sectors last year as part of strengthening their relations in the economic field.
Bilateral trade increased nine times in 2023 compared to 2022, when the exchange was $450 million, according to official Russian figures.
Thus, Russia It is one of the top ten commercial partners of the Cuban regime and both Havana as Moscow They define their association as “strategic.”
