I was wondering how Cuba was gonna pay for that Russian shipment
I guess now we know
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YqlUrbanist2 days ago
+29
Damn, the Trump presidency has been amazing for Russia and China.
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LewisKIII2 days ago
+5
Russia still has dreams of parking some missiles back on Cuba!
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SP15702 days ago
+1
Nowadays they can simply park drones...and it's probably happening under the very eyes of the incompetent/corrupt US administration
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macross19842 days ago
+20
From the article: **"Our relations with Cuba are of a special nature. We cannot just betray Cuba, it is absolutely out of the question, we cannot leave them to their fate,**
But you did already once when you left Cuba in a lurch after dissolution of Soviet Union.
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Silver_Middle_72402 days ago
+11
Tbf that wasn't voluntary on Russia's part
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BetSquare71902 days ago
+4
They are entirely responsible for the collapse of their failed state.
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rubywpnmaster2 days ago
+5
Yeah it was. They chose not to slaughter their own people to suppress the movement. Something Putin is very adamant was a mistake
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Jamuro2 days ago
+3
oh they did, just ask lithuania ... until gorbachev lost control over the military.
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NutsyFlamingo2 days ago
+3
"We take this opportunity to embrace our dear friend, President Vladimir Putin." - I mean, guess they gotta say it but hell of a PR move
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Lostinthestarscape2 days ago
+2
"Well we lost Ukraine, lets take over Cuba!"
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aluke0002 days ago
+1
So fuel trade for shaheed production deal with Cuba, some to be shipped back to Russia. Will be curious to see how this flies with Trump for Russia to help Cuba build shaheed drones ahead of his planned invasion of Cuba.
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MeduseYahoo2 days ago
+1
Et mes chaussettes ont un trou...
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AscendantVoyager2 days ago
+2
Russia - Sends fuel to its ally.
Iran - A condition of the ceasefire is that bombing stop in Lebanon.
USA to its allies - poorly run piece of ice; tariffs; ships are toy sized; 'Governor'; cowards; don't need anything; don't need you, and so on ad nauseum.
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Dauntless_Idiot2 days ago
+3
There was an 83% drop in Russia oil shipments to Cuba from 2022 to 2024. 2025 and 2026 are at 2024 shipment levels.
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dwilkes8272 days ago
-2
I like how you're pretending Iran is Lebanon's ally while Iran's funding of Hezbollah is turning Lebanon into a failed state
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AscendantVoyager2 days ago
-1
I never said their ally was Lebanon, the point is the treatment of their ally, whomever it may be.
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dwilkes8272 days ago
+2
was the "whomever it may be" in your comment not Lebanon? lol sure seems like you said their ally was Lebanon
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AscendantVoyager2 days ago
-1
I said:
>Iran - A condition of the ceasefire is that bombing stop in Lebanon.
Whether they are asking that Lebanon not be bombed 1. because they have allies that operate in Lebanon (Hezbollah or Hamas or whatever other terrorist group they fund there) ***or*** 2. because Lebanon (the government at large), I made no distinction.
I know it's a hard distinction to make. It's much easier when things are black and white...
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dwilkes8272 days ago
+2
Dude, you were clearly trying to make it seem like Iran is a good ally, they are not lol They have destroyed Lebanon. Some things are black and white, Iran being a "good ally" is one of those things (should clarify, that doesn't mean I think the US should be bombing them or that the US is a good ally)
And helping hezbollah isn't helping an ally, that's literally Iran helping themselves.
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Sevastous-of-Caria2 days ago
Its gonna be hellova shitty mental gymnastics time for US when cuba becomes Russia's taiwan.
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BetSquare71902 days ago
+2
It's almost impossible that a communist system such as Cuba becomes even remotely comparable to Taiwan in terms of economic output. Besides, Taiwan is democratic, while Cuba is a horrendous dictatorship.
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Sevastous-of-Caria2 days ago
-1
I meant as a geopolitical foothold. Where one side tries to exert influence and becomes an annoyance.
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Mountain-Bat-86791 day ago
-1
we have to remember the reason why cuba is in such a bad shape is because they wanted to store nukes for russia and the US said "nope" during the whole "1962 Cuban Missile Crisis" and the embargo became what it is today.
China and Russia have been playing cards right in south america for years now and this move is most definitely a call out. a 'russian' cuba will most definitely help if it becomes a trading hub for kremlin just like how puerto rico became a military and economic asset to US for its location.
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