Putin meets Castros on trip to assert Russian influence
Russian President Vladimir Putin met former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and current President Raul Castro on Friday to begin a six-day tour of Latin America in which Russia is seeking to reassert its influence on the communist-ruled island.
The Russian president's journey to the backyard of the United States comes as he is under pressure from the West to help restrain pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and urge Ukraine rebels to find a negotiated solution.
Mr Putin will also visit Argentina and Brazil for bilateral talks, and while in Brazil he will participate in a summit of the so-called Brics nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On his first stop in Cuba, the Cold War ally former Soviet Union situated only 145km from the United States, Mr Putin joined Raul Castro in laying a wreath at a monument to Soviet soldiers in Havana and another at the monument t Cuban national hero Jose Marti.
Putin meets Castros on trip to assert Russian influence
Russian President Vladimir Putin met former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and current President Raul Castro on Friday to begin a six-day tour of Latin America in which Russia is seeking to reassert its influence on the communist-ruled island.
The Russian president's journey to the backyard of the United States comes as he is under pressure from the West to help restrain pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and urge Ukraine rebels to find a negotiated solution.
Mr Putin will also visit Argentina and Brazil for bilateral talks, and while in Brazil he will participate in a summit of the so-called Brics nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On his first stop in Cuba, the Cold War ally former Soviet Union situated only 145km from the United States, Mr Putin joined Raul Castro in laying a wreath at a monument to Soviet soldiers in Havana and another at the monument t Cuban national hero Jose Marti.
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