Putin: “Fidel Castro” was one of the symbols of the liberation movements of the world.
The President of Russia called “Fidel Castro”, the late leader of the Cuban revolution, one of the symbols of the liberation movements of the world.
On Tuesday, at the unveiling ceremony of the monument to Fidel Castro, the late leader of the Cuban revolution in Moscow, the Russian President said that Castro was one of the symbols of the liberation movements of the world.
According to “Tass” news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Castro is rightly considered one of the most intelligent and charismatic leaders of the tumultuous 20th century.
“Castro symbolized an entire era of national liberation movements, the collapse of the colonial system and the creation of new independent states in Latin America and Africa,” Putin said.
The Russian president noted that Castro and his comrades selflessly defended Cuba’s sovereignty and did not allow Cuba to surrender under sanctions and foreign pressure.
The Russian Foreign Ministry recently condemned the US sanctions against Cuba as a clear example of Washington’s violation of human rights.
Condemning the US economic embargo against Cuba, the Russian Foreign Ministry wrote that the United States continues to violate human rights with unilateral coercive and illegal measures. The most obvious example is the economic, financial and trade embargo that the White House has maintained against Cuba for more than 60 years (more details).
In the diplomatic field, Cuba has also announced that it welcomes Russia’s efforts to counter NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe.
“Boris Titov”, the commissioner for corporate rights in the Russian presidency, recently said in an interview that Moscow and Havana are looking for an agreement to trade in “rubles” and virtual currencies in order to facilitate the process of economic cooperation between them in the shadow of the existing sanctions against the two countries.
Titov said: “Cuba and Russia are under embargo, and the dollar cycle is the main financial mechanism in the world in order to pay for bilateral exchanges.”
