Russia-Cuba ties worry U.S.

Officials in the United States are worried that Russia is signaling that it wants to reignite its close relationship with its former ally Cuba. Paul Richter reports this morning that:

"Amid rising tensions over Georgia, U.S. officials are increasingly concerned that Russia is moving to rebuild one of the most dangerous features of the old Soviet Union's security structure -- its alliance with Cuba."

Moscow has been signaling that it wants to restore a long relationship with Havana that included not only economic ties, but also military and intelligence cooperation. The relationship brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when Russia secretly installed nuclear missiles on the island.

Click here to read more about Russia's relationship with Cuba, and here for more on Cuba in general.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City

Image: Igor Sechin, center, one of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's closest aides, walks through the historic center of Old Havana in late July. During the trip, Sechin met with Raul Castro in an event that was qualified by the local media as "cordial and friendly." Credit: EPA

Comments

[huh]

Go Russia and Venezuela!!!!!!!!!!

[DRadov]

Georgia-US ties doesn't worry Russians unless they kill civilians and peace keepers by hundreds.

[StandupNJ]

Maybe we should stop getting involved in their neck of the woods. If we keep up our foreign policy everyone will be at America's gates. What kind of fight are we setting up for ourselves. The New World Order must be stopped America. They destroyed our economy. Now we are being setup for a hugh war. WAKE UP!!!!! BECOME ACTIVE!!!!!!!!!