Obama's Unambiguous Message to Putin About Cuba: We Win and You Lose

This 20100xA0map from Cuba's State Oil Company shows the Gulf of Mexico region where Cuba holds substantial off-shore oil deposits that are currently under exploration by foreign companies including Repsol and Petrobras. Photographer: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky/Bloomberg News
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The timing of President Barack Obama's Cuba announcement is kind of noteworthy, isn't it? Particularly if you're Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Yesterday, the White House said Obama would a sign a bill that adds further sanctions to the Russian economy, which stemmed from the Kremlin's foray into Ukraine earlier this year.