Russian Media: Moscow to Reopen Cuba Intel Base

Russia will reopen an intelligence base in Cuba that closed in 2001, according to Russian media reports on Wednesday. The newspaper Kommersant claims an agreement to resume operations at the Lourdes base, which was once a leading source of Cold War-era electronic surveillance on the United States, was made during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Havana last week. The signals intelligence base located south of Havana opened in 1964 to spy on the U.S. during the Cuban...

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