US will reportedly allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba amid blockade
Anatoly Kolodkin could soon discharge at Matanzas port, US official says, three months after Cuba’s last oil import A Russia -flagged tanker carrying Russian crude entered Cuba ’s exclusive economic zone on Sunday, according to ship tracking data, in what could be the Caribbean country’s first oil import in over two months. Tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, which departed from Primorsk after loading some 650,000 barrels of Urals crude, could soon discharge at Cuba’s Matanzas port if it does not change it
Donald Trump says he has ‘no problem’ with Russia sending some oil into Cuba, as tanker Anatoly Kolodkin heads for Cuba with 730,000 barrels of crude
Donald Trump has signalled a new flexibility in allowing oil into Cuba, hours before a Russian oil tanker under US sanctions was due to arrive in the Caribbean island amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One the president said: “If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba, right now, I have no problem whether it’s Russia or not.”
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- US will reportedly allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba amid blockadeGuardian - World · Reuters · Mar 29, 2026, 10:41 PM
- Trump appears to relax de facto oil blockade on Cuba as Russian oil tanker nears islandGuardian - World · Guardian staff and agencies · Mar 29, 2026, 10:41 PM
- Trump appears to relax de facto oil blockade on Cuba as Russian oil tanker arrivesGuardian - World · Guardian staff and agencies · Mar 30, 2026, 8:53 AM
- Trump appears to relax oil blockade on Cuba as Russian tanker arrivesGuardian - World · Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent · Mar 30, 2026, 2:13 PM
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