Sergei Ryabkov

"We cannot betray Cuba. That is out of the question. We cannot leave it on its own."

"It is too early to say what the next steps will be. But it is clear we will not be limiting our supplies to the load that was aboard the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin."

"Russia has no plans to walk away from the Western hemisphere, no matter what Washington might say."

"We cannot betray Cuba. That is out of the question. We cannot leave it on its own."

"I am certain that the events of recent weeks in our relations will have us moving forward to find solutions to the toughest problems...emerging from the illegal and absolutely unacceptable blockade of the island by the U.S."

"Russia has no plans to walk away from the Western hemisphere, no matter what Washington might say."

"We cannot betray Cuba. That is out of the question. We cannot leave it on its own."