Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, usually so voluble in defending the Kremlin’s actions, has not said a single word since the leader of the Wagner Group’s mercenaries, Yevgeny Prigozhin, began his military march on Moscow this Friday in an unprecedented challenge to Vladimir’s power Putin, the main ally of the island regime. The authorities also did not comment on the announcement that the mercenaries had stopped their advance after negotiations mediated by Belarus.
Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is celebrating his return to Cuba on his channels after a tour that has taken him to the Vatican, Italy, France and Serbia, has not explained anything either. Other senior officials, such as Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, who just met Putin in person in Moscow, have also failed to voice their support for the Kremlin.
The regime’s silence was remarkable, especially after weeks in which the alliance with Moscow and declarations of unconditional support, including those of its support in Russia’s “confrontation” “against the West,” seemed unbeatable.
With the utmost discretion, only the official Cuban press has focused on publishing only information sourced from Russia’s ruling party and its media, such as Russia Today, which described the situation in Moscow as a euphemism for “tense calm.”
The Iranian government reiterated that it supports the “rule of law” in Russia in the face of the insurgency, a situation it described as an “internal matter”.
Havana’s discretion contrasts with statements by other Putin allies on the situation. The Iranian government reiterated that it supports the “rule of law” in Russia in the face of the insurgency, a situation it described as an “internal matter”.
Economic ties between the two countries have soared to $4,000 million and Tehran has sold drones to Russia it used in its invasion of Ukraine, according to Western complaints, which Tehran denies despite multiple allegations of the presence and effectiveness of weapons on the ground battlefield.
The President of Turkey – a NATO member country – Recep Tayyip Erdogan this Saturday offered his Russian counterpart to “do what is reasonable” to resolve the crisis caused by the Wagner mercenary group mutiny in Russia.
Erdogan spoke to Putin on the phone today to discuss the events, the Turkish news agency Anadolu reports, citing sources from the presidential office. “Turkey is ready to do its part to resolve this situation gently and tactfully as soon as possible,” Erdogan told Putin, according to Anadolu.
The Turkish president stressed that it was necessary to act with common sense and that nobody should take advantage of the situation, according to the aforementioned agency. In recent years, Erdogan has maintained a close political relationship with Putin, despite taking a pro-Kiev stance on the Ukraine conflict and calling for respect for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The Turkish President stressed that one must act with common sense and nobody should take advantage of the situation
For his part, Putin assured that he was working in the Kremlin this Saturday and informed his counterparts and allies in Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan about the Wagner group uprising. “The President has informed his interlocutors about the situation,” said Russian Presidency spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
So far he has spoken by phone with the Presidents of Belarus Alexandr Lukashenko – who played a leading role in mediation -, of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyóyev and of Kazakhstan Kasim-Yomart Tokáyev.
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