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		<title>Russia &#038; Cuba: Agreements on Airplane Sales, Pharmaceuticals</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/05/russia-cuba-agreements-airplane-sales-pharmaceuticals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Bloomberg:
United Aircraft Corp., the Russian state aerospace group, and OAO Aviaexport agreed with Cuba&#8217;s Civil Aviation Institute to sell the Caribbean nation airplanes and set up service centers for local clients.
A memorandum of understanding was signed last week during Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin&#8217;s visit to Cuba to deliver models including OAO Tupolev Co.&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba has no interest in a new Russian presence</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/05/cuba-has-no-interest-in-a-new-russian-presence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://cubapolidata.com/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Radio Netherlands examines Russian interest in restoring its military base in Cuba and the Cuban government&#8217;s lack of interest:
Cuba itself has already made it fairly clear that there&#8217;s no question of a renewed Russian military colonialism. The country is still sore at the fact that the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 brought an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia Should Restore Its Positions in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/04/russia-should-restore-its-positions-in-cuba/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/04/russia-should-restore-its-positions-in-cuba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Interfax via BBC Monitoring:
Chairman of the Russian government [Prime Minister] Vladimir Putin believes that Russia should restore its positions [as received] in Cuba. 
 &#8220;We need to restore our positions in both Cuba and in other countries,&#8221; Putin said at a meeting of the government presidium today. 
 Putin heard a report from Deputy Prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duma Deputy: Russia may deploy missiles in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/02/duma-deputy-russia-may-deploy-missiles-in-cuba/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/02/duma-deputy-russia-may-deploy-missiles-in-cuba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 20:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIA Novosti via BBC Monitoring:
Russia is resuming its presence in such an important geostrategic area as Cuba and Latin America, Andrey Klimov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told RIA-Novosti. He was speaking about the results of head of the Russian Security Council Nikolay Patrushev&#8217;s visit to Cuba. 
 Klimov believes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moscow and Havana</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/08/01/moscow-and-havana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Via Stratfor:
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin arrived in Cuba on July 30 to discuss Russian energy investments on the island with the Cuban leadership.
On the surface, this looks like any old state visit between the Russians and the Cubans. But there are a number of reasons why this visit in particular caught Stratfor’s attention.
First, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raul Castro delivers rebellion day speech</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/27/raul-castro-delivers-rebellion-day-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Army General Raul Castro delivered a speech in Santiago de Cuba yesterday commemorating the 55th anniversary of the start of the communist revolution. Castro warned the populace of more hard times ahead.
Relevant parts of the speech:
The majority of our nation has demonstrated sufficient familiarity and maturity to understand these truths, which turn out to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Ivans in Cuban waters</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/25/crazy-ivans-in-cuban-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/25/crazy-ivans-in-cuban-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stratfor provides analysis about the current strategic issue in the Western Hemisphere and poses the question: what about subs instead of planes in Cuba?
Summary
With rumors flying (along with subsequent denials) about the potential stationing of Russian military aircraft in Cuba, there is another possibility: the stationing of Russian submarines. It would be a Cold War [...]]]></description>
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