BBCNEWS Politics Live June 4, 2024 10:21:00
And the decades long us embargo. to alleviate the situation, the cuban state recently signed new accords with russian businesses in sectors from tourism and agriculture to energy. the islands leadership hopes russia can provide part of the crude oil which socialist ally venezuela can no longer afford. amid the war in ukraine, though, some economists see closer russian ties as only a short—term fix. translation: while you're putting out. fires on several fronts, russia has come in to shore up that unstable situation, but the problem lies in the medium term because these are in soviet companie...