Russia reports the arrival of one of its oil tankers in Cuba

A Russian oil tanker carrying 100,000 tons of crude oil as a humanitarian aid has arrived in Cuba, the Russian Ministry of Transportation announced today on its official website.

“The Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying 100,000 tons of crude oil as a humanitarian aid, has arrived in Cuba. The vessel is in the port of Matanzas awaiting unloading,” the ministry stated.

The day before, a U.S. official told The New York Times (NYT) that the U.S. Coast Guard would not block the Russian tanker’s passage despite the embargo imposed on Cuba by the Trump administration.

Trump himself downplayed the matter when reporters asked him about it aboard Air Force One on Sunday night.