Loading ...U.S. declares Cuba is prohibited from taking Russian oil as two tankers head to island.
- The U.S. Treasury Department has made clear that Cuba is not allowed to take delivery of Russian crude.
- The warning comes at a time when two tankers carrying Russian oil and gas are thought to be on their way to Havana.
- The fuel-starved Caribbean island is facing its biggest test since the collapse of the Soviet Union under a U.S. oil blockade.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/20/cuba-crisis-fuel-tankers-russia-oil-gas-energy-us-trump.html
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US Bans Russian Oil Supplies To Cuba
After allowing other countries to buy Russian oil for a month, the US has made an exception for Cuba. Moscow sent tankers of oil and gas to the island this week, but Washington intends to continue its blockade of it, seeking a change in the country’s leader.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published an exception to a license issued last week that allowed the purchase of Russian oil loaded on tankers until March 12. It spelled out a ban on its shipment to Cuba, as well as Iran, North Korea and the occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea.
https://charter97.org/en/news/2026/3/20/677663/