The US has tightened sanctions against Cuba, putting the country on the brink of survival, a Russian diplomat said

Brief retelling from RIA II

The United States has tightened sanctions against Cuba, putting the country on the brink of survival, said Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The new sanctions include secondary restrictions on foreign banks, freezing the accounts of Cuban businesses and a ban on holding conferences on the island.

The measures took effect on September 30 to implement President Donald Trump's May executive order imposing sanctions on individuals who pose a threat to US national security and foreign policy.

MEXICO CITY, October 2 - RIA Novosti. By tightening sanctions against Cuba, the United States is deliberately putting the country on the brink of survival, Alexander Shchetinin, director of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

What is happening now in relation to Cuba “is evidence of the extremely cruel and inhumane tightening of the economic, trade, financial, and, recently, energy embargo against the island,” the diplomat noted.

“The country is being deliberately placed on the brink of survival - we can have great respect for the resilience of the Cuban people, who are enduring these difficulties in an extremely unfavorable external context,” Shchetinin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The United States recently significantly tightened sanctions against Cuba, measures include the introduction of secondary restrictions on foreign banks, freezing the accounts of Cuban entrepreneurs and a ban on holding conferences on the island.