US EditionRussian interior minister in Cuba, which faces pressure from Trump
Vladimir Kolokoltsev's visit underscores Russia and Cuba's efforts to counter US sanctions and economic crises amid threats of harsher measures, officials said.
- Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Russia's Interior Minister, began a visit to Cuba on Tuesday as a show of solidarity after US warnings, reported on 20/01/2026.
- Venezuela was a key ally and supplier of oil and money to Cuba, which faces its worst economic crisis in decades and added pressure from Washington after US strikes killed thirty-two Cuban soldiers.
- Attending a memorial, Kolokoltsev told Rossiya-1, `We in Russia regard this as an act of unprovoked armed aggression against Venezuela`, and said he would hold bilateral meetings in Havana.
- Russia and Cuba have deepened ties since 2022 as Moscow seeks new partners after Ukraine invasion, with Victor Koronelli saying Kolokoltsev aims to strengthen cooperation while US officials discuss the situation.
- The visit evokes Cold War-era tensions as Cuba has been a long-standing thorn in US-Russia relations since Fidel Castro and the 1959 revolution, with the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 heightening stakes between Washington and Moscow.
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The Courier-TimesRussian minister visits Cuba as Trump ramps up pressure on Havana
Russia's interior minister began a visit to ally Cuba on Tuesday, a show of solidarity after US President Donald Trump warned that the island's longtime communist government "is ready to fall."
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.
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