{"id":12916,"date":"2026-03-19T10:56:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=12916"},"modified":"2026-03-19T10:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T08:56:49","slug":"russian-tanker-with-oil-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/russian-tanker-with-oil-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian oil tanker heading to Cuba despite US blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Against the backdrop of increasing economic pressure from the United States, the Russian <strong>An oil tanker is heading to Cuba<\/strong>. This could be critical for the country's energy security.<\/p>\n<h2>A Russian tanker is heading to Cuba<\/h2>\n<p>A Russian oil tanker is currently on its way to Cuba. This is happening against the backdrop of a harsh economic embargo imposed by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker is carrying oil needed to meet Cuba's energy needs. There are no official comments from the Russian and Cuban sides at this time.<\/p>\n<h2>US increases economic pressure<\/h2>\n<p>Administration <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> continues its policy of economic isolation of Cuba. The embargo includes restrictions on financial transactions and energy supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba has long been facing an energy crisis due to sanctions. Russian supplies can partially compensate for the island's fuel shortage.<\/p>\n<h2>Context.<\/h2>\n<p>The United States has renewed and tightened sanctions against Cuba after Donald Trump returned to power. Cuba is looking for alternative energy suppliers, including among allies such as Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has repeatedly declared its support for Cuba in the face of US sanctions pressure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041d\u0430 \u0442\u043b\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0435\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0456\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0442\u0438\u0441\u043a\u0443 \u0437 \u0431\u043e\u043a\u0443 \u0421\u0428\u0410 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u0444\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440 \u0440\u0443\u0445\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u0434\u043e \u041a\u0443\u0431\u0438. \u0426\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0438\u043c \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u043a\u0438 \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438. \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440 \u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u0443\u0454 \u0434\u043e \u041a\u0443\u0431\u0438 \u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u0444\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u0442\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0437 \u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u0443\u0454 \u0434\u043e \u041a\u0443\u0431\u0438. \u0426\u0435 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0454\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0444\u043e\u043d\u0456 \u0436\u043e\u0440\u0441\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0435\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0456\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0434\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0421\u0428\u0410. \u0422\u0430\u043d\u043a\u0435\u0440 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0437\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0444\u0442\u0443, \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0443 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0431 \u041a\u0443\u0431\u0438. \u041e\u0444\u0456\u0446\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0438\u0445 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":12915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041a\u0443\u0431\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[806752,805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-12916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-806752","9":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12918,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12916\/revisions\/12918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}