title: RUSSIA RELATIONS WITH KEY LATIN AMERICAN PARTNERS
abstract: Cooperation between Russia and selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (including Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Brazil) has been developing since the 2000s. For the Russian Federation, the primary value of this region lies in its geographical proximity to the United States. In the last two decades Russia has played roles such as an investor in the energy sector, a supplier of arms and armaments; it also provided the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19. For Latin American countries,
journal: Toruńskie Studia Międzynarodowe