MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday that the fuel situation in Cuba, which has set out a wide-ranging plan to protect essential services and ration fuel, was critical and that US attempts to “suffocate” Cuba were causing many difficulties. Cuba detailed its plans to weather the crisis on Friday as the communist-run government dug in its heels in defiance of a US effort to cut off oil supply to the Caribbean island. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that Russia was talking to Havana, a longtime partner, about how to solve the problems.

HAVANA: Cuba detailed a wide-ranging plan on Friday to protect essential services and ration fuel as the communist-run government dug in its heels in defiance of a US effort to…

US pressure pushes island nation's 11 million people to the brink as Cuba imposes emergency measures amid fuel crisis.