[ezhux]

for context: Russia has 12 times more proven oil reserves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil...). Now imagine russians in this situation.

[kozlovsky]

Well, Russia just wrote off $32 billions of Cuba debt[1]. I'm not telling that this is the same thing, but still...

[1]: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-11/russia-writes-off-9...

[ezhux]

that's really unusual for Russians. Cuba has plenty of peninsulas waiting be annexed... :)

[toomuchtodo]

It was supposed to be a snub at the US, as we recently renewed trade sanctions against Cuba.