This is not from Reuters, it's from VCG.
Let me intercept the Putinists on this forum. Hold on. *Takes deep breath*
Fake news!!!!#$%!!@ It’s actually a statue to John Rhys-Davies to honor him for his role in LOTR and the show Sliders!!! Globo Homo Reuters Fake News BS yet again! So tiresome!
Stupid move on Putin’s part. Castro was a wildly corrupt Communist, and while Putin is your average Russian corruptocrat, he’s not a Communist.
He’s trying to cultivate friends, but he doesn’t realize how much Cubans hate Castro and anybody associated with him.