Russia "stands shoulder to shoulder" with Cuba and will continue to support the island in the face of the ongoing US blockade, said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.

“We do not abandon our principled position of supporting a state that is historically close to us and which provides Russia with valuable support on international platforms, with which we interact on many aspects of forming a new world order”

Sergei Ryabkov also stated that the current US blockade of Cuba remains a "cynical manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine".

“One thing is clear to us: regardless of how this process develops, we are dealing with a cynical and blatant manifestation of the Monroe Doctrine, which does not tolerate 'dissent' in the entire Western Hemisphere”.

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