Russia Hints at Reclaiming Cuba, Vietnam Bases in Test for U.S.

Russia Hints at Reclaiming Cuba, Vietnam Bases in Test for U.S. Threatening to open Cold War wounds and further aggravate ties with the U.S. that are already strained by the co...

Threatening to open Cold War wounds and further aggravate ties with the U.S. that are already strained by the conflict in Syria, a senior Russian defense official said the military is considering a possible return to its Soviet-era bases in Cuba and Vietnam.

In the clearest confirmation to date that Russia may scrap its decision to withdraw from the two countries more than a decade ago, Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov told lawmakers in Moscow on Friday that the military is revisiting the issue, without providing more details, according to the state-run Tass news service. Responding to a question about the plans, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the global security situation has become “rather fluid” after “substantial changes” over the past two years.




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