Russia has arrived an oil tanker carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil in Cuba, as Moscow vows to support its ally despite a US blockade. The US has threatened to impose tariffs on any country sending oil to Cuba.

Russia said on Monday that an oil tanker carrying ‌100,000 tonnes of crude oil had arrived in Cuba and that Moscow would stand by its friends by working on further supplies despite a US blockade of the Communist-run island. The US cut off Venezuela’s oil exports to Cuba after toppling Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, and US President Donald Trump threatened to slap punishing ⁠tariffs on any other country that sent crude to Cuba. But Trump on Sunday signalled he ‌was reversing...