Russia’s Putin meets Cuban FM, says US restrictions ‘unacceptable’

Meeting comes as White House says it wants to see ‘dramatic changes very soon’ in Cuba, calls government ‘failing’.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed new restrictions imposed by the United States on Cuba as “unacceptable”, as he met Cuban ⁠Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in the Kremlin, Russian state news agencies reported.

“This is a special period, with new sanctions,” Putin said on Wednesday, according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS. “You know how we feel about this. We do not accept anything like this.”

Russia’s Putin meets Cuban FM, says US restrictions ‘unacceptable’

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