Russia stands united with Havana: "There will be no betrayal in Cuba like the one that brought Maduro down."

Russia has once again sent a direct message regarding Cuba amid rising tensions with Washington. This time it was delivered from the United Nations, accompanied by a warning stating that the scenario that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela will not be repeated on the island.

The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vasili Nebenzia, dismissed the idea that there are internal rifts in Cuba or high-ranking officials willing to collaborate with the United States, as the Kremlin claims happened in Caracas.

“In Venezuela, without a doubt, a betrayal took place. It is something that is openly discussed. A part of the high-ranking officials, in fact, betrayed the president,” he stated in remarks to Russian state television, quoted by the agency EFE. He then was emphatic: “That trick won't work in Cuba.”

The diplomat's words come at a particularly delicate time for Havana, marked by new sanctions from the Trump Administration, increasing economic pressures, and rumors of a potential total tightening of the U.S. blockade.

Nebenzia recalled that Maduro, whose release is still being demanded by Russia, was for years the Kremlin's main ally in Latin America, a role that Cuba would now occupy as a strategic partner.

The support is not just rhetorical. In recent months, Moscow has denounced reports of a possible total blockade against Cuba as "alarming" and has openly condemned the sanctions imposed by Washington.

The spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, María Zajárova, described these measures as “illegitimate” and part of a “maximum pressure” strategy aimed at economically suffocating the island.

However, behind the rhetoric of solidarity, the real limits of that support also emerge. Russian analysts have acknowledged in state media that, if U.S. pressure escalates, Moscow would only be able to support Cuba on a political and diplomatic level. Economic aid and, above all, any potential response to an energy blockade would be beyond their reach, far removed from the support that existed during Soviet times.