The Russian Executive has lashed out at the United States for its "intolerance" towards "dissent" in light of the recent sanctions imposed on Cuba and the indictment of former president Raúl Castro for the downing, three decades ago, of two civilian aircraft of an opposition organization, an event in which four people died.
The new coercive measures aimed at further suffocating the Cuban economy and hardening the energy blockade, blocking fuel supply from third countries, "is a clear reflection of Washington's intolerance towards any dissent," stated the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.
In this regard, Zakharova stressed that the reactivation of sanctions by the Donald Trump administration occurs "after long years of commercial, economic, financial, and humanitarian embargo," according to information disseminated by Russian agencies.
The Foreign Ministry representative reiterated "full solidarity" from Moscow with Havana and once again condemned "any attempt at crude interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation, intimidation, illegal unilateral restrictive measures, threats, and blackmail."
Zakharova added that Russia will continue "to provide the strongest support to the brotherly Cuban people during this period of extreme difficulties," in addition to maintaining dialogue "on all matters of mutual interest," after being asked if the Cuban government had requested military assistance.
Along with the economic sanctions that the Trump administration has been applying to Cuba since the beginning of the year, with warnings to other states about possible tariffs on their exports if they supply fuel to the island, Washington has gone further in the last few hours by indicting Raúl Castro for the events of 1996, in an operation that evokes the one opened against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.