The Kremlin said that the situation with fuel supplies to Cuba is critical, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
The island state has already introduced large-scale measures to protect vital services and the fuel regime. According to Moscow, US attempts to "strangle" Cuba through economic pressure are leading to many difficulties.
The Cuban authorities presented their measures to deal with the crisis, with the communist government demonstrating a firm stance against Washington's efforts to cut off oil supplies to the Caribbean country. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia is holding talks with Havana (its long-time partner) to find solutions to the problems that have arisen.
Peskov was responding to a question related to reports of a shortage of aviation fuel and whether this could affect Russian tourists planning to leave Cuba.
Last week, it became clear that Cuba was introducing large-scale fuel-saving measures, including cutting public transport, limiting classes at schools and universities and reducing tourism, amid heightened tensions with the United States and the tightening of the oil embargo, DPA reported.
The government of the socialist Caribbean island said that the extraordinary steps were aimed at ensuring the functioning of the economy and basic public services.
Cuba has not received oil from Venezuela since December, after US President Donald Trump ordered a complete blockade of the movement of sanctioned oil products. tankers delivering oil to Cuba. Caracas was Havana's strategic ally in South America.