Russians leave
The last remaining members of the ex-Soviet military brigade left Cuba on Saturday on board the Russian cargo ship Yuri Gargarin, Reuter reports from Havana. The motorised infantry combat brigade was first sent to Cuba in December 1962, shortly after the October missile crisis.
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