Cuban government sends more young people to study in Russia.

A group of 11 young Cubans arrived in Moscow to continue their education in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, especially in areas related to the railway sector.

With the arrival of this new group, there are now more than 80 professionals in the railway sector undergoing training at different educational levels, as a result of the collaboration between Russia and Cuba, as reported by the Minister of Transportation, Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, through his Facebook account.

Rodríguez indicated that the group is made up of seven second-year students, selected from specialties such as industrial and mechanical engineering at universities in different Cuban provinces.

These students will continue their training in technical careers focused on the operation of locomotives and the exploitation of the railway system, as well as in the organization of logistical processes for both passengers and freight.

The other four members of the group are young professionals who will specialize at the master's level in key areas such as rolling stock and railway tracks, Rodríguez emphasized.

It was also reported that the majority of the students will complete their training at the Russian University of Transport, an institution that will welcome them to continue their studies in the areas that the Cuban regime considers "strategic" for the railway sector.

The minister expressed his confidence in the group of Cubans, stating that although they will "face the challenge of the language and the cold," they will be able to take advantage of the "knowledge of one of the countries with the most experience in railway matters."

Nevertheless, his statements overlook the growing wave of desertions among Cuban students in Russia, driven by the regime's constant delays in payment of maintenance, an issue that the minister avoided mentioning despite its impact on those facing such difficult conditions abroad.

At the beginning of the month, the company Russian Railways (RZD) once again promised that it would resume an abandoned multimillion-dollar plan that would aid in the recovery and modernization of the Cuban railway.

Those intentions were manifested during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, held in that Russian city, where the contract they seek to reactivate with Cuba was detailed, despite the suspensions and delays of previous years, mainly due to the payment inability of the Cuban government.

"The contract for the renovation and modernization of Cuba's railway infrastructure includes several railway branches, especially the central line from Havana to Santiago de Cuba, which is 835 kilometers long," said Serguei Pavlov, deputy director of RZD, to Sputnik News as quoted by Prensa Latina.