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Cuba: Russian ships arrive as Cold War allies strengthen their ties
6 months, 1 week ago

Cuba: Russian ships arrive as Cold War allies strengthen their ties

CNN  

CNN — A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan and the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arrive at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024. Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images US …

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Cuba: Russian ships arrive as Cold War allies strengthen their ties
6 months, 1 week ago

Cuba: Russian ships arrive as Cold War allies strengthen their ties

CNN  

CNN — A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of strengthening ties between the two Cold War allies. The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan and the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arrive at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024. Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images US …

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Cuban mercenary fighting in the Russian army issues chilling warning
8 months ago

Cuban mercenary fighting in the Russian army issues chilling warning

Daily Mail  

A Cuban mercenary has issued a warning to his fellow countrymen against fighting for Russia in Ukraine. From her home in Havana last September, she said her son and other Cubans traveled at the end of July to Russia after being promised work in a construction job. Cuban seamstress Yamidely Cervantes told Reuters her 49-year-old husband Enrique Gonzalez, a struggling …

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How Russia Recruits Soldiers From Cuba to Fight in Ukraine
10 months, 1 week ago

How Russia Recruits Soldiers From Cuba to Fight in Ukraine

Live Mint  

On a blazing hot day in November, Raibel Palacio and three neighborhood friends boarded a flight at Cuba’s Varadero beach resort, taking selfies and chattering in excitement. “After five months, they were going to give him a Russian passport and citizenship for me, his mother and our two daughters," said Melisa Flores, Palacio’s wife. “A few hundred Cubans won’t make …

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Why Cubans are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
1 year, 3 months ago

Why Cubans are fighting for Russia in Ukraine

CNN  

Santa Clara, Cuba CNN — For months, hundreds of Cubans have quietly left the island to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine, chasing promises of money and Russian citizenship from shadowy online recruiters, family members told CNN. Aboard the plane Miguel told her he saw dozens of other young military age men who had been recruited, including two …

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Cuba arrests 17 for trafficking men to fight for Russia in Ukraine
1 year, 3 months ago

Cuba arrests 17 for trafficking men to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Network based in Cuba and Russia alleged to have facilitated Cubans to join Russia’s war in Ukraine. Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people on charges related to a human trafficking ring that allegedly lured young Cuban men to fight in Ukraine with the Russian military. Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said earlier this week that authorities were working to dismantle the network, …

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Cuba uncovers network trafficking Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine
1 year, 3 months ago

Cuba uncovers network trafficking Cubans to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

Cuba says it has no part in war in Ukraine and would ‘act vigorously’ against those trafficking Cubans as fighters. Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring that has coerced Cuban citizens to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry said, adding that authorities were working to “neutralize and dismantle” the network. “The Ministry of the …

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