Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with visiting Cuban President Raul Castro as they meet in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, on July 11, 2012.
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev censures the United States embargo against Cuba and calls for its removal.
"We're not changing our position, we think this [the US embargo] is a complete outrage, an anachronism," Medvedev said in an interview with Cuban media published on Saturday.
The Russian premier added "The faster it is removed, the better for everybody, not just Cubans, but Americans as well."
Medvedev paid a three-day-long visit to Cuba for holding trade and energy talks with the country's leadership.
On November 13, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly voted, for the 21st year in a row, to denounce the commercial, economic, and financial embargoes imposed by the US against Cuba.
A record number of 188 member states of the Assembly supported the measure while the United States, Israel, and the Republic of Palau voted against it. The Marshall Islands and Micronesia abstained.
Speaking at the General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned "the inhuman, failed, and anachronistic policy of 11 successive US administrations."
Havana and Washington have been at odds since the Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro, toppled Fulgencio Batista's regime in 1959.
The United States imposed a partial trade embargo on the Caribbean island nation in October 1960. Washington imposed a full trade embargo on Cuba in February 1962.
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http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/02/24/290651/russia-pm-censures-us-sanctions-on-cuba/
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