Fidel Castro Square, where the monument to the Cuban leader stands in Moscow’s Sokol district, was the site where Russian and Cuban friends gathered, convened by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF).
Waving Cuban and CPRF flags, the demonstrators sang songs celebrating the struggle of the Cuban people and chanted slogans condemning Washington’s economic, commercial, and financial blockade against the Island of Freedom, as it is known in Russia.
Members of the solidarity movement with Cuba in Russia, as well as local residents, joined the initiative, showing their firm support for the Cuban social project and condemning once again the encirclement of the Caribbean nation by U.S. imperialism.
One of the organizers of the solidarity event, Tatiana Desiatova, First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) in Sevastopol, told Prensa Latina that similar events are taking place actos the world.
Desiatova stated that the members of the CPRF and the vast majority of the Russian people stand with the Cuban people and will continue to organize events of support and solidarity with the Caribbean nation, which is facing with dignity and courage, a fierce and aggressive onslaught from U.S. imperialism
She also noted that, concurrently, in the city of Donetsk, capital of the new Russian region of the same name, a solidarity event with Cuba was held, and an exhibition on the traditional friendly relations between Russia and Cuba was inaugurated, commemorating the centenary of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro.
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