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Russian planes landed in Havana on Sept. 4 with the first delivery of 200 tons of humanitarian supplies to aid the hurricane-ravaged island. According to reports by Cuban newspaper Granma, Cuban President Raul Castro received a phone call from Russian President Dmitri Medvedev the morning of Sept. 3 in which Medvedev reiterated Russian solidarity with Cuba and promised hurricane aid.

For Russia, the wreckage left behind by Hurricane Gustav in Cuba has created an opportunity for Moscow to exert its growing global assertiveness in the backyard of the United States. With its strategic location at the mouth of the Caribbean basin and its long history as a junior partner to the Soviet Union, Cuba is a key state for Russia’s efforts to increase pressure on the United States. More broadly, the move represents a concrete move for Russia in its efforts to expand influence in Latin America and throughout the world.

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