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Russia's ties with Cuba
Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, completed a four-nation tour of Latin America late last week with a final stop in Cuba. The relations between the two countries appear to be strained and, at present, intense; however, Russia, like China, has an interest in drilling for oil off Cuba's shores and is seeking further military cooperation from the advantageously positioned Castro-ruled nation. Medvedev's visit comes just over two weeks after Russia and Cuba signed important trade and economic agreements that signaled a strengthening of ties between the two nations. Russia was also the first nation to send aid for Cuba's hurricane relief efforts.
To be certain, all eyes are on Cuba -- yet most uncertain is what Cuba will do and how it will handle the outpouring of interest, diplomatic or otherwise, that it has received these recent months.
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