A Russian oil tanker docked at a Cuban port on Tuesday after President Donald Trump approved its entry into the island, a move that comes as Cuba grapples with a worsening energy crisis and prolonged nationwide blackouts.
The Russian vessel Anatoly Kolodkin docked at the Cuban port of Matanzas with 730,000 barrels of oil after the United States authorized the tanker’s arrival, easing restrictions that had previously complicated fuel deliveries to Cuba.
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Trump told reporters on Sunday that he is accepting of Cuba receiving oil because his administration doesn’t mind “having somebody get a boatload because they need — they have to survive,” adding that “I have no problem, whether it’s Russia or not.”
Trump also scaled back his negative rhetoric toward Cuba, hinting at his concern for the humanitarian crisis there and saying he’d “prefer letting [fuel] in, whether it’s Russia or anybody else, because the people need heat and
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