From our Russification of Cuba Bureau with some assistance from our Annals of Apartheid Tourism Bureau

Castro, Inc. seems thrilled by the number of Russian vacationers who keep showing up in Cuba. Officials claim that over 200,000 Russians have already set foot in Cuba this year and predict that the numbers will keep growing. Yeah. They’re very happy. So, the Russification of Castrogonia moves ahead and apartheid tourism continues to thrive with a different clientele that tends to be more demanding than Canadians.

Let’s see what kinds of reviews these Russian visitors post on social media. The prediction of half a million visitors might be nothing more than empty boasting.

From 14yMedio via Translating Cuba

The Russian MIR payment card, accepted in Cuba since November 2023, is here to stay and will boost Russian tourism to the Caribbean nation to an expected half-million visitors, Cuban minister of tourism Juan Carlos García Granda declared today.

“The Russian MIR card arrived in Cuba to stay,” García Granda stated during a press conference called by the Russian news agency TASS. He explained that the Cuban tourism sector assigned itself the task of “creating many more benefits for the Russian customer.”