US to allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba

The United States is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, in an easing of the de facto oil blockade that Washington has imposed on Cuba,citing a U.S. official briefed on the matter.
Washington has effectively blocked all oil shipments to Cuba in an attempt to pressure the government in Havana.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russia to help improve the flow of oil that has been restricted by the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran.
Report said it was unclear why the Trump administration was allowing the shipment to go through.
The U.S.-sanctioned tanker Anatoly Kolodkin was on its way to Cuba.
The vessel departed from Russia’s Primorsk port carrying some 650,000 barrels of crude, though it had 730,000 barrels.