US clears Russian Oil Tanker to Cuba Amid Blockade Tensions
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The Russian-flagged tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying about 650,000 barrels of Urals crude, was near Cuba and could discharge at Matanzas after the US reportedly allowed the shipment—a move that could ease Havana’s three-month oil shortage amid a de facto blockade. The development comes as Washington has temporarily eased some Russia sanctions to facilitate oil flows and follows past US actions that blocked Venezuelan shipments to Cuba, with another Russian vessel rerouted to Venezuela.
- US will reportedly allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba amid blockade The Guardian
- U.S. to Allow Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Breaking Blockade The New York Times
- Tanker carrying Russian oil enters Cuba's exclusive economic zone, ship data says Reuters
- The Russian oil tanker playing chicken with Trump over Cuba Politico
- Russian Tanker Nears Cuba, Defying US Oil Blockade Barron's
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