Russian Oil Shipments Offer Brief Respite to Energy-Starved Cuba Amid US Blockade

Cuba, grappling with a crippling energy crisis, has just received a temporary lifeline as a Russian oil tanker docked in the port of Matanzas last week, delivering 730,000 barrels of crude oil. This marks the first significant oil delivery to the island in over three months, temporarily alleviating an energy shortfall that had left much of the island in blackout conditions. Cuban officials estimate this shipment provides barely 10 days of energy supply — a stopgap, not a solution. Another tanker