{"id":272652,"date":"2023-07-11T19:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=272652"},"modified":"2023-07-11T19:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:42:52","slug":"cuba-and-russia-from-asteroids-to-sugar-cane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-and-russia-from-asteroids-to-sugar-cane\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba and Russia, from asteroids to sugar cane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/cuba-and-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba and Russia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are carrying out a growing number of joint projects as part of the \u201cstrategic alliance\u201d that both countries have been strengthening in recent times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the projects joining Havana and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moscow<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one is in the field of astronomy and includes a network of work between Cuban specialists and Russian observatories to track objects such as meteors, asteroids and space debris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collaboration began in 2016 with links between the Russian Academy of Sciences, specifically between the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of Moscow, the Institute of Applied Astronomy in Saint Petersburg and the Special Astrophysical Observatory, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.lat\/20230708\/el-peligro-de-los-asteroides-el-estudio-de-la-astronomia-tambien-une-a-cuba-y-rusia-1141354134.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to statements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sputnik<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Omar Pons Rodr\u00edguez, director of Technical Development of the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy (IGA) of the Cuban <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citmacuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CITMA).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Una de las l\u00edneas de la cooperaci\u00f3n entre La Habana y Mosc\u00fa en el campo de la astronom\u00eda resulta actualmente la optimizaci\u00f3n y garant\u00eda de funcionamiento del Observatorio Cubano-Ruso, as\u00ed refiri\u00f3 a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sputnik?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sputnik<\/a>, Omar Pons Rodr\u00edguez, del Instituto de Geof\u00edsica y Astronom\u00eda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5WlvwyPQQ3\">pic.twitter.com\/5WlvwyPQQ3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sputnik Reporteros (@Sputnik_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sputnik_Report\/status\/1677183247401230337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the objectives of this collaboration is the construction of a localized space geodesy station, the first of its kind in the Caribbean. It includes the installation of a 13-meter diameter radio antenna for very long interferometry, the location of a laser satellite tracking system and a satellite positioning system receiver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>National Astronomical Observatory<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/ciencia\/cuba-inaugurara-nuevo-observatorio-con-tecnologia-rusa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a materialization of this assistance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Institute of Geophysics and Astronomy already inaugurated an Observatory in 2022. However, the work foresees the installation of two optical telescopes; the renewal of the Solar Radio Astronomical Station of Havana, created to monitor the activity of the sun and its influence on Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The placement of all this technology is included in what Pons Rodr\u00edguez describes as the \u201cgreat dream of the constitution of the National Astronomical Observatory\u201d in Valle de Picadura, Mayabeque, a \u201cpriority within bilateral collaboration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joint research<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IGA specialist Francisco Gonz\u00e1lez Veit\u00eda told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sputnik<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the research carried out at the Cuban-Russian Observatory is of great importance to both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collaboration&#8217;s study topics include spotted variable stars and other explorations around near-Earth asteroids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gonz\u00e1lez Veit\u00eda recalled that since the 1960s the extinct Soviet Union had collaborated with the island in the field of astronomy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere was relevant cooperation in the field of radio astronomy. Even the radio telescopes that operate today at the Havana Radio Astronomical Station were placed at that time and that institution functioned for many years thanks to Soviet support. This is why the current ties with Moscow are not alien to us, we are friends and some of us already know each other,\u201d commented the expert.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also indicated that the financing of the Eurasian country was essential in the execution of these projects and the acquisition of costly systems, since Cuba is going through a severe economic crisis, exacerbated by the effects of the pandemic and the United States sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rapprochement in 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba and Russia have boosted their bilateral relations in recent years. Currently, the Eurasian nation is one of Cuba\u2019s top ten trading partners, and both governments define their partnership as \u201cstrategic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, last week the Russian ambassador in Havana, V\u00edctor Koronelli, revealed that the supply of new cars, the renewal of the railway network and the modernization of the largest oil refinery in Cuba are some of the bilateral projects considered between the island and Russia at the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The diplomat referred to the participation in the Cienfuegos refinery, located about 250 km southeast of Havana. It is the largest in the country and is owned by the state company Cupet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are currently discussions about the possible reconstruction, in whole or in part, I don\u2019t know, but the issue is also being discussed,\u201d Koronelli told the TASS agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the diplomat, Russian companies also supply equipment for metallurgical programs, as well as for thermal power plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ladas, railways and sugar<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian car manufacturers are also interested in delivering cars to Cuba, and the respective supplies are being negotiated. \u201cOur equipment here is in demand since people remember it,\u201d said Koronelli, who mentioned such makes as Lada Vesta, Granta, Niva, as well as Kamaz, among the popular models in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with this, and in terms of transportation, Russian Railways is negotiating the reconstruction of a section of the Cuban railways, according to the diplomat, who added that Sinara-Transport Machines can supply rolling stock to the Cuban railways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RZD International, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, and the Union of Railways of Cuba signed a contractual agreement on the restoration and modernization project of the republic\u2019s railway infrastructure in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iDfyGttmjW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-recognizes-it-cant-fulfill-its-planned-sugar-exports\/\">Cuba recognizes it can\u2019t fulfill its planned sugar exports<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuba recognizes it can\u2019t fulfill its planned sugar exports&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-recognizes-it-cant-fulfill-its-planned-sugar-exports\/embed\/#?secret=Ze6ToJezUN#?secret=iDfyGttmjW\" data-secret=\"iDfyGttmjW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, Russia can participate in the reconstruction of sugarcane plantations and processing sugar mills in Cuba, Koronelli told TASS, adding that two Russian agricultural companies are discussing respective projects in Cuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow our companies plan to come here, including to the sugar sector. So far everything is in the discussion stage. However, the issue concerns two large agricultural holdings interested in working here in the reconstruction of sugarcane plantations and processing mills,\u201d the diplomat concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iDfyGttmjW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-recognizes-it-cant-fulfill-its-planned-sugar-exports\/\">Cuba recognizes it can\u2019t fulfill its planned sugar exports<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuba recognizes it can\u2019t fulfill its planned sugar exports&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-recognizes-it-cant-fulfill-its-planned-sugar-exports\/embed\/#?secret=Ze6ToJezUN#?secret=iDfyGttmjW\" data-secret=\"iDfyGttmjW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" 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