By Dave Sherwood LA FEDERAL, Cuba (Reuters) - Cuban seamstress Yamidely Cervantes has bought a new sewing machine for the first time in years, plus a ...
By Dave Sherwood LA FEDERAL, Cuba - Cuban seamstress Yamidely Cervantes has bought a new sewing machine for the first time in years, plus a refrigerator and a cellphone - all on Russia'sChurch Brewing: where the customers are the congregation and the choir | SaltWireLA FEDERAL, Cuba - Cuban seamstress Yamidely Cervantes has bought a new sewing machine for the first time in years, plus a refrigerator and a cellphone - all on Russia's dime.
On the 100-meter dirt road where Cervantes lives, at least three men have left for Russia since June, and another had sold his home in anticipation of going, she said. News of Cubans ending up in the Russian military hit headlines this month when the Havana government - a longstanding ally of Russia that says it is"not part of the war in Ukraine" - said it had arrested 17 people connected with a human-trafficking ring that lured Cubans to fight for Moscow. Reuters could not establish the identities of those involved in the alleged trafficking ring and when or whether they were arrested.
Gonzalez said the 119 Cubans there were being trained to fight in the war, though still wasn't clear where they'd be sent. A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the United States was monitoring the situation closely."We are deeply concerned by reports alleging young Cubans have been deceived and recruited to fight for Russia," the spokesperson said.
Yoan Viondi, 23, who lives a few-minute bike ride up the road from the main drag, said he knew about 100 men in Villa Maria, the district that includes La Federal, had been recruited for the Russian war effort since June. Within two minutes, Viondi had sent a digital copy of his passport. One hour later, Dayana responded in an audio message heard by Reuters:"Perfect, tomorrow I'll be able to tell you what day you will travel," she said.
He said he maintained contact with at least four friends who had signed contracts in Russia with the army and that, as far as he knew,"they were fine". Most, he said, were now in Ukraine. "I heard he was leaving the same day he left," said the 53-year-old, who lives around the corner from Gonzalez, adding that his son had called him as he prepared to board a flight from the resort town of Varadero to Moscow.Cervantes, the seamstress of La Federal, recalls the desperation her husband Gonzalez, now in Russia, had felt in the months before he left."Work, work, work," she said of his life.
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