RUSSIA HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF COERCING PEOPLE FOUND IN AMERICA’S BACK YARD — TO HELP FIGHT IN RUSSIA’S WAR WITH UKRAINE.
THIS — ACCORDING TO CUBA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY — WHICH DESCRIBES WHAT RUSSIA IS DOING AS A “HUMAN TRAFFICKING NETWORK.”
IN A STATEMENT — THE MINISTRY SAID IT IS QUOTE “WORKING TO NEUTRALIZE AND DISMANTLE A HUMAN TRAFFICKING NETWORK THAT OPERATES FROM RUSSIA IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE CUBAN CITIZENS LIVING THERE AND EVEN SOME LIVING IN CUBA, INTO THE MILITARY FORCES THAT PARTICIPATE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE.”
“ATTEMPTS OF THIS NATURE HAVE BEEN NEUTRALIZED AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN INITIATED AGAINST THOSE INVOLVED IN THESE ACTIVITIES.”
CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN CLOSE — SEEKING LEVERAGE AGAINST THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES.
BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN UNDER U-S SANCTIONS FOR YEARS — AND HAVE GENERALLY ALIGNED AGAINST U-S FOREIGN POLICY.
ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN HAVANA AND MOSCOW HAVE EXPANDED SINCE THE START OF THE WAR — AND THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS THAT FOLLOWED.
IN JUNE — CUBA’S DEFENSE MINISTER TRAVELED TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS JOINT TECHNICAL MILITARY PROJECTS WITH HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART.
DESPITE THIS — CUBA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY REJECTED THE IDEA THAT IT WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE WAR.
QUOTE — “CUBA IS NOT PART OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE. IT IS ACTING AND IT WILL FIRMLY ACT AGAINST THOSE WHO WITHIN THE NATIONAL TERRITORY PARTICIPATE IN ANY FORM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR MERCENARISM OR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES.”
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