Russian Oil Tanker Begins Discharging Cargo in Cuba's Matanzas Terminal

By Ayose Naranjo

MATANZAS, Cuba, March 31 (Reuters) – A Russian-flagged tanker carrying some 700,000 barrels of crude docked in Cuba’s Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday, shipping data showed, marking the first significant oil delivery to the island since President Donald Trump’s administration cut off its fuel supply.

The Anatoly Kolodkin vessel, under U.S. sanctions, entered Cuban territorial waters late on Sunday not far from the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, despite U.S. restrictions on oil supplies to Cuba, including from Russia.

The U.S. said it was allowing the tanker to deliver the crude oil for humanitarian reasons.

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