US EditionRussian interior minister in Cuba, which faces pressure from Trump
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev condemned US actions in Venezuela and attended a memorial for 32 Cuban soldiers killed in recent US strikes, reinforcing Cuba-Russia ties.
- On Tuesday, Russia's interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev began a visit to Havana, Cuba, with the Russian embassy confirming multiple bilateral meetings in the capital.
- Amid heightened US pressure over Venezuela, President Donald Trump vowed to cut off Venezuela's oil ties, warning Havana this month to `make a deal` or face similar consequences.
- Speaking to Russian state TV Rossiya-1 after landing, Vladimir Kolokoltsev condemned US actions, saying `We in Russia regard this as an act of unprovoked armed aggression against Venezuela`, and attended a memorial for the fallen Cuban soldiers on Tuesday.
- Russia and Cuba have deepened ties since 2022 amid Western sanctions, while Cuba faces its worst economic crisis and rising pressure from Washington, which warned Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez of consequences.
- Cuba's Cold War ties with Moscow after 1959 frame current cooperation, though relations waned after the Soviet Union's 1991 collapse and President Donald Trump reversed Barack Obama's detente.
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The bilateral relationship between the two countries has become even closer in recent times when the island is experiencing its worst economic crisis in three decades.
Russia's interior minister began a visit to ally Cuba on Tuesday, the embassy in Havana said.
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz received this Tuesday afternoon the Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation, Police General Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev
Havana: The Russian Minister of the Interior, Vladimir Kolkoltsev, began a visit to Cuba on Tuesday, where he held bilateral meetings, as announced by the Russian Embassy in Havana, at a time when the United States was intensifying its pressure on the communist island.
Cuban Minister of the Interior, Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, and Russian Ambassador to Havana, Victor Koronelli, received Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of the Interior of the Russian Federation, this Tuesday at José Martí International Airport, whose official visit reinforces cooperation links in the area of security and public order. The post Russian Minister of the Interior initiates an official visit to Cuba first appeared on Cubadebate.
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