Pashinyan leaves for Moscow
Today, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is on a working visit to Russia. In Moscow, he will chair a meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council.
Cuba
Cuba extends shutdowns after blackouts and hurricane
Authorities in Cuba decided to extend shutdowns of workplaces and schools through Sunday after the country’s electrical grid collapsed four times last week due to the failure of the country’s largest power plant. The …
Cuba applies to join BRICS as partner country
Cuba has submitted an official request to be included in BRICS as a partner country in a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, director general of the …
Most dangerous countries for Russian tourists announced
Insurers spoke about the countries where tourists are most likely to seek medical help this year. According to them, Thailand is considered the most dangerous country.
Cuban president arrives in Russia on working visit
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has departed to Russia on a working visit, the country’s presidential administration said in a statement, …
Cuba President meets Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has received visiting Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev in Havana, the two officials …
Russian football team defeats Cuba in friendly match
The Russian national football team defeated their opponents from Cuba 8-0 in a friendly home match on Monday night at a stadium in Volgograd. Hosts Russia chalked up 3 goals in the first half of the match with Ivan Oblyakov scoring a …
Cuba becomes Russian tourists favorite location
The Russians set a new record for tourist flow to Cuba. According to the tourist flow, Russian tourists became the fourth after Canadians, Cuban immigrants and US residents, ATOR writes.
Iran and Cuba unite in number of areas
The presidents of Iran and Cuba have signed the agreements on cooperation in various fields. The documents concern cooperation in the political, legal and technological fields.
Iran's president to visit three Latin American countries
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will visit Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela next week, Iran's state news agency announced, adding that the upcoming …
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov arrives in Havana
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived on a working visit in Cuba on Wednesday. While in Havana, Sergey Lavrov will meet with …
Cuba begins accepting Mir payment system cards
Several banks in the Cuban capital city of Havana started accepting Mir payment system cards. ATMs now display the logo of the Russian payment …
Turkish and Cuban presidents meet in Ankara for talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez with an official ceremony at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara on Wednesday. The leaders will hold one-on-one talks, to be …
Russia's Mir cards to start working in Cuba in 2022
Cuba will begin accepting Russia's Mir payment cards by the end of the year, Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos Garcia Granda said. "Russian customers will be able to use their Mir cards in Cuba, we will implement this by the end …
Russian foreign ministry in contact with Cuba on fire at oil storage facility
Russia’s foreign ministry is in contact with the Cuban side to coordinate efforts to put out fire at an oil storage facility in the Matanzas province, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday. …
China displaces US from Latin America
While the West has largely ignored Latin America, or tried to force the region to bend to its will, China has been offering regional actors huge perks with none of the conditions
Maduro is sending message to US from Turkey
Did Biden's snub to Venezuela prompt a last-minute trip to Turkey?
Resorts from the Maldives to Cuba suffer without Russian tourists
Still hurting from pandemic lockdowns, vacation spots were counting on the big-spending visitors until the Ukraine operation stalled travel
Cuba says Iran to start producing its COVID-19 vaccine
Iran will next week become the first country outside of Cuba to start producing one of the Communist-run island’s homegrown COVID-19 vaccines on an industrial scale, Cuban state-run media said on Wednesday. The allies are under …
Cuba: why protesters took to the streets
This week Cuba declared a state of emergency in the country amid massive protests calling for free elections and more decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Pandemic devastated tourism industry and cut state’s ability to finance food imports, leading to higher prices
