No, I am from Cuba.
Before Castro, Cubans never gave Russians or Eastern Europe a second though. Such places were as disconnected from Cuban life as was Outer Mongolia.
After Castro, the Russians came to Cuba to teach him how best to make slaves out of the Cuban people. Now we give Russians more than a passing thought.
I would not trust an allegedly non-Communist Russian government headed by a former agent of the KGB any more than I would trust a future allegedly non-Communist Cuban government headed by a former agent of Castro's G-2.
Thank you.