.A Russian navy ship showed up in Cuba on Sunday for a three-day vacation, 6 full weeks after Moscow sent out a submarine and various other naval vessels to check out the communist condition off Fla's coast.The Smolny training ship was actually greeted with salvos from Cuban artillery prior to it anchored in Havana's port, where homeowners and tourists rounded up to take a look.Russia's consular office in Cuba stated the ship, accompanied by 2 others, is actually "portion of the Baltic Squadron team that is actually creating a helpful check out to the Cuban initial."." Another instance of the close relationships in between our individuals," the consular office created on X, formerly Twitter.In mid-June, the Russian nuclear-powered underwater craft Kazan-- which Cuba mentioned was certainly not carrying nuclear weapons-- dropped anchor in Havana for five times.The unique deployment therefore near to US region happened surrounded by major strains over the war in Ukraine, where the Western-backed federal government is battling a Russian invasion.The USA sent a fast-attack sub to its own Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba a day after the Russian submarine arrived.During the Cold War, Cuba was actually a crucial client condition for the Soviet Union. The implementation of Soviet atomic missile web sites on the island set off the Cuban Projectile Problems of 1962 when Washington and also Moscow came close to battle.