Quote Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
Looking at it more political, I'd say this is part of a perfect storm that is about to hit Russia really, really hard. russia has been an ally of cuba again ever since Putin came into office. The US cosying up to Cuba is sure to remove that ally from Russia. the US is close and Russia is far away. Someone is also driving down oil prices like mad, causing the Ruble to go into free fall and rapidly souring the Russian Economy, because Russians depend on oil export to prop up their currency.

If I were a betting man, my money would be on this being one of the ploys to make Putin lose his Russian backers by htting them where it hurts: in the money pocket and their ally portfolio. I don't think it is a coincidence that these 2 things happen almost simultaneously.
I may be wrong, But I think russia pulled out and disavowed Cuba long ago.