SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a federal law that ratifies certain protocols that introduce modifications to the Russian-Cuban intergovernmental loan agreements and offer better conditions to the Havana regime for the payment of his million-dollar debt.
The document, published on the Russian government’s website, states that the total amount of the Cuban debt that will be restructured amounts to 277.2 million dollars, as stated by the Russian Deputy Minister of Finance, Alexey Sazanov.
As a result of several government talks, changes in payment conditions were agreed, including repaying the debt in rubles and postponing the payment plan from 2023-2027 to the period 2028-2040.
It was also agreed to reform the calculation of fees due to delayed payments, reducing the total amount.
According to the agency EFEthe protocols approved by the Russian ruler refer to the credit agreements granted to Cuba between 2009 and 2019 for the purchase of hydrocarbons.
These facilities granted to the Kremlin’s ally in the Caribbean seek to “guarantee the observance of the interests of the Slavic country, continue bilateral trade and economic cooperation and ensure Cuba’s compliance with its debt obligations,” he said. Latin Press.
In this way, Russia’s foreign policy in Latin America would be strengthened with assistance to Cuba in the supply of oil.
Last year, the Russian government also agreed to extend the payment period for the debt that the Cuban regime acquired for the construction of a power plant that never came to fruition.
The reasons behind the construction failure of the power plant still remain a mystery, since the Cuban Government did not provide any explanation in this regard.
The restructuring announced this Monday by Putin’s government occurs in the midst of extensive days of blackouts that give Cubans no respite and in the midst of controversies that persist over the participation of Cuban mercenaries in the Russian war against Ukraine.
New statements from mercenaries hired by the Russian army have revealed more details of the convoluted plot of the Caribbean people recruited for the war.
A young man from Guantanamo captured by the Ukrainians indicated that he had signed a contract to work in construction work, in exchange for Russian citizenship and a monthly salary of about 250,000 rubles, equivalent to more than 2,700 dollars at the current exchange rate.
The Cuban said that he accessed a Facebook group where a virtual contact arranged his passport and the necessary documentation to go to Russia. Once there, They included him on a mission to transport portable solar panels in a bombing target area.
Cuban organizations and activists have insisted on this issue of the Cuban presence in the war, since the participation of Cubans in the conflict was revealed, confirmed last August when two 19-year-olds denounced that they had been deceived about a trip to Russia.
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2024-03-13 11:12:35
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