Russia sends aid to Cuba after anti-government protests
By AFP
July 25, 2021
Moscow: Russia dispatched nearly 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Cuba, the defence ministry said Saturday, following unprecedented street protests over the communist country’s worst economic crisis in decades.
The delivery was directly ordered by President Vladimir Putin, it said.
Two An-124 cargo planes carrying more than 88 tonnes of humanitarian support took off from a military airport near Moscow, a statement said.
The cargo included "food, personal protective equipment and more than one million medical masks," it said. The United States this week imposed sanctions on Cuba’s defence minister and a special forces unit for quashing peaceful protests.
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