27
September 2023
Past Event
Russia’s Cuban Recruits

Event will air on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Russia’s Cuban Recruits

Past Event
Hudson Institute
September 27, 2023
The Russian Federation Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate arrives to Havana's port on June 24, 2019. - A Russian naval detachment, led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, arrived in Havana on Monday in times of high tension between the island and the United States. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov arrives in Havana on June 24, 2019. (Adalberto Roque/AFP via Getty Images)
27
September 2023
Past Event

Event will air on this page.

 

Inquiries: mdewitt@hudson.org

Speakers:
Can Kasapoglu Hudson Institute
Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat
Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat

Coordinator, Assembly of Cuban Resistance

Erich de la Fuente
Erich de la Fuente

Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Florida International University

Moderator:
batlle
Daniel Batlle

Adjunct Fellow

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The revelation that Russia has recruited hundreds of Cubans to fight in Ukraine underscores the desperation of Cuban citizens and the expansion of cooperation between Cuba and Russia. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel declared that Russia has Cuba’s “unconditional support.”

Hudson Adjunct Fellow Daniel Batlle will moderate a panel examining the ramifications of the Cuba-Russia alliance and Havana’s decision to prevent more Cuban citizens from joining Russia’s war in Ukraine with Senior Fellow Can Kasapoğlu, Coordinator of the Assembly of Cuban Resistance Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, and Florida International University Adjunct Professor of International Relations Erich de la Fuente.

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