I suppose there is some silver lining to every cloud, perhaps right now Cuba probably would like the prospects of US business better than Russian business, but Russia is managing its money better.
A lot of what we’re doing now points to trying to win friends over from the Russians. Iraq was an ally of the Soviets, and now it’s opening up deals with Russians again. Cuba was in limbo for a bit with the Soviet collapse, but Putin wasn’t afraid to open up trade with Cuba in an effort to win back Cuba’s favor again. The cold war isn’t really over, it’s just really cold right now and the government officials are tired of giving us an Armageddon warning that doesn’t happen.