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The situation in Cuba is increasingly critical. Although President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced a few days ago that its officials are negotiating with representatives of the United States to lift the oil siege imposed by the Trump Administration since January 29the island is on the verge of collapse.
However, one of his historic allies seems to be trying to come to the rescue. According to The New York TimesRussia has sent a sanctioned tanker to the island with hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil, in an attempt to challenge the US energy blockade.
A measure has further aggravated the battered Cuban economy, plunging the population into a context of widespread blackouts, energy shortages and growing social unrest.
This is the ship Anatoly Kolodkin, loaded with about 730,000 barrels of crude oil. It came out a few days ago from the Russian port of Primorsk and is already sailing through the Atlantic Ocean towards Cuba. And its final destination has not been officially confirmed, but numerous maritime analysts and trackers They estimate that it will arrive on the island in the next few days, probably at the Matanzas terminal.
Especially since the Russian Government had announced that its destination was “Atlantis, USA.” However, in 2024 Washington imposed sanctions on the tanker and its owner, the Russian state shipping company Sovcomflotwhich makes it very unlikely that it will dock in US territory. Additionally, these types of sanctioned vessels often turn off their transponders, making it difficult to track their location.
A driver fills his tank at a gas station in Havana during the blockade of oil supplies to Cuba.
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If it manages to arrive, the delivery of oil could become an essential lifeline for the Cuban Government, which faces a deep energy crisis after the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, took control of exports and paralyzed fuel shipments to Cuba.
It is not, however, the first tanker to attempt transport russian fuel in recent weeks. According to him NOW and experts consulted by AP, another ship, the Hong Kong-flagged Sea Horse, also attempted to transport some 200,000 barrels of Russian diesel last month.
However, as President Donald Trump’s threats of intervention on the island increased, the ship stopped in the middle of the Atlantic for fear of retaliation. Since then, always according to the sources consulted by the American newspaper, he spent three weeks adrift and is now looking for a new buyer for his oil.
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