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On March 1, 2023 Vladimir Putin’s top security adviser and close ally, General Nikolai Patrushev, traveled to Cuba and met Raúl Castro. Cuban state television showed images of General Castro, hugging Patrushev, who then greeted Miguel Díaz-Canel. Patrushev, 71 is a hardliner who served with Putin in the KGB, later headed its successor, the Federal Security Service ( FSB - Federal'naya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti.) He is currently the secretary of the Russian Security Council.
There is much more going on here than a photo opportunity.
Havana's support for Putin's criminal invasion of Ukraine goes beyond symbolism.
On October 12, 2022 at the UN General Assembly Cuba was one of the 35 countries that abstained, and its ally Nicaragua was one of the 5 that voted against a resolution condemning the Russian Federation’s annexation of four Eastern Ukraine regions.
On September 16, 2022 Cuba was one of seven countries voting "no" at the UN General Assembly together with Belarus, Eritrea, Nicaragua, North Korea, Syria, and Russia. This "no" vote was to silence Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky from delivering a pre-recorded address at the UN General Assembly.
On September 15, 2022 "Russian top propagandist Vladimir Solovyov urged for the establishment of an international coalition with countries" that included Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Syria, Serbia, and Venezuela for its war against Ukraine.
On April 7, 2022 Cuba, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Vietnam, were among those who voted against suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council ( 93 voted to suspend, 24 against, and 58 abstentions.)
On March 2, 2022 Cuba and Nicaragua abstained from the vote condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly. ( 141 votes to condemn the invasion, 5 against and 35 abstentions).
Euronews reported on February 24, 2022 that "only Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Syria supported the Russian recognition of independence for the occupied regions in Luhansk and Donetsk."
The Cuban government is spreading Russian propaganda both domestically and internationally defending Putin's invasion, and repeating Moscow's talking points.
Cubans dissenting from this official line on the island have been arrested.
Cuba has taken part in Russia’s International Military Exercises that in 2022 were held in Venezuela and Iran.
On November 23, 2022 the European Parliament declared Russia a state sponsor of terror, and recommended additional sanctions against Moscow.
The United States first recognized Cuba to be a state sponsor of terror in 1982.
Both nations are engaged in outlaw behavior therefore it is not a shock that these two regimes are allies.
Russia was expelled from the UN Human Rights Council for invading Ukraine and perpetrating war crimes against the Ukrainian people.
The Castro regime has a dismal human rights record in Cuba, and is also supporting Russia's criminal act of aggression both in propaganda, and through votes at the United Nations.