Mar 20, 2026
The “Sea Horse” tanker carrying Russian oil changed its destination to Trinidad and Tobago instead of Cuba after the US banned the supply of Russian fuel to the island.
This is reported by Bloomberg.
The “Sea Horse” tanker, which is believed to be carrying nearly 200 000 barrels of Russian diesel fuel, changed course on Friday, shortly after the US confirmed that Cuba could not receive Russian oil.
Another tanker — “Anatoliy Kolodkin” — is continuing its journey across the Atlantic Ocean toward the port of Matanzas in Cuba. Last month, the tanker suddenly stopped in the middle of the North Atlantic due to restrictions on access to Cuban ports.
The day before, Russia sent two tankers with oil and gas to CubaRussia sent oil and gas to Cuba, despite the US ban amid the US energy blockade. After that, the US Treasury Department officially added Cuba to the list of countries banned from receiving Russian oil.
Cuba received its last fuel supplies from Mexico on January 9. After that, imports virtually stopped due to energy restrictions and sanctions pressure from the United States.
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Russia Maintains Ambiguity About Alleged Oil Shipments To Cuba, Which Would Need To Evade U.S. Blockade
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Mar 23, 2026
Russia is maintaining ambiguity about whether it is sending fuel to Cuba, a move that would mean evading an ongoing U.S. blockade.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the government is “in constant contact with the Cuban leadership, with our Cuban friends,” and “indeed, discussing with them possible options for assisting Cuba.”
It did not clarify whether that means sending oil, but there are currently two tankers in the Atlantic that are seemingly heading to the island while carrying Russian oil.
The Anatoly Kolodkin, which has been sanctioned by the U.S., the UK and the EU is carrying 730,000 barrels of Russian oil and is heading to Matanzas.
The vessel joined the Sea Horse, which this week resumed navigation to the island after diverting course in February. The vessel is believed to be carrying some 200,000 barrels of gas oil.
Such a move would likely spark a confrontation with the Trump administration. Last week, the Treasury Department loosened sanctions on Russian oil to reduce energy prices amid the Iran war, but ensured Cuba is still unable to access such a source of energy.
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Cuba’s power grid collapses leaving it without electricity for the 3rd time this month
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
March 22, 2026
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.
The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island without initially giving a cause for the outage.
The union later said the blackout was caused by an unexpected failure of a generating unit at the Nuevitas thermoelectric plant in Camagüey province
From that moment, a cascading effect occurred in the machines that were online,” said a report from the Ministry of Energy and Mines, which activated “micro-islands” of generating units to provide power to vital centers, hospitals and water systems.
Authorities said they were working to restore power.
Power outages, whether nationwide or regional, have become relatively common in the last two years due to breakdowns in the aging infrastructure. The breakdowns are compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages, which also destabilize the system.
The last nationwide blackout occurred on Monday. Saturday’s outage was the second in the past week and the third in March.
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